Sentence examples for a base of optimism from inspiring English sources

Unlike the early years, we're working from a base of optimism today.

MOOCs started with a bang of optimism.

"There is a sort of optimism based on ahistorical assumptions and wishful thinking".

But the freedom to discuss those lost years also points to a renewed sense of optimism, based on a decade or so of economic recovery and the restoration of democracy.Indeed, Ghana once again sees itself in the vanguard of a new African renaissance, but very different from the 1950s.

As the Yankees head into the 2012 season after a disappointing first-round exit in the playoffs last fall, there is a greater sense of optimism based on Rodriguez's health and the acquisitions of Pineda and Kuroda.

If the Saints reported to training camp on July 24 without Brees — or even with Brees's future in New Orleans uncertain — it would have further destabilized a franchise and a fan base in need of optimism.

In his 1936 book, "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money," the English economist used it to describe "a spontaneous urge to action" on the part of business people, one based on a general outlook of optimism rather than an individual cost-benefit analysis.

It offered a sliver of optimism.

It's a source of optimism.

Verdict: Strindberg with a dash of optimism.

Was there a feeling of optimism?