The phrase "a dose of optimism" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small amount of positive thinking or hopefulness in a situation.
Example: "In times of uncertainty, it's important to take a dose of optimism to keep morale high."
Alternatives: "a sprinkle of hope" or "a touch of positivity."
A dose of optimism also helps.
I'm counting on the salmon and a dose of optimism.
In addition to acupuncture and massage, the clinic provides a dose of optimism.
"Smallpox Grows Less Terrifying" (editorial, March 31) was a dose of optimism in the face of the deadly threat of bioterrorism.
For the furnishings industry, whose health depends on new home starts and sales and big empty rooms to fill, lower interest rates brought a dose of optimism.
Mr Johnson told The Daily Telegraph that businesses needed to be given a dose of optimism and that criticising vital sectors like banking had to stop.
It layers in a dose of Hamiltonian optimism — the belief that limited but energetic government can nonetheless successfully enhance opportunity and social mobility.
President Bush carried the burden of the Iraqi prisoner abuse case on a campaign swing through Iowa and Wisconsin on Friday, but he used new job-creation figures to leaven his acknowledgment of national shame with a dose of economic optimism.
His live-wire expressiveness spoke of the can-do, will-do spirit that may have encouraged Depression-weary audiences with a dose of practical optimism, but the enforced razzle-dazzle showed only one side of his persona (and perhaps warped his personality).
Dick Van Dyke also starred as her Cockney street artist pal Bert and together, they help counter pre-World War One misery with a healthy dose of optimism (and a fair few sing-a-longs).
His new book* gives a nuanced diagnosis, offerings both a vision of a high-cost future and a large dose of optimism.
