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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pessimistic note" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a tone or attitude that is negative or lacking hope in a particular context.
Example: "While the report highlighted some positive developments, it ended on a pessimistic note regarding future challenges."
Alternatives: "a negative tone" or "a gloomy perspective".
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Edelman strikes a pessimistic note.
But he concluded on a pessimistic note.
Amrith ends on a pessimistic note.
But it seems wrong to end on a pessimistic note.
David Yaar, a professor of economics at California State University in Hayward, sounded a pessimistic note.
Admiral Mullen struck a pessimistic note when asked whether it was likely such reversals would take place.
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Sounding a more pessimistic note, Toby Klinger, 47, a psychology professor in Overland, Kan., recalled that the previous economic downturn, at the beginning of the 1990's, seemed to last for years even after the recession was officially over.
Your piece ends on a rather pessimistic note, suggesting that there is rarely a clear picture until one is formed by a journalist or a committee — in other words, until a disaster leads us to demand a narrative explanation.
Your piece ends on a rather pessimistic note, suggesting that there is rarely a clear picture until one is formed by a journalist or a committee in other words, until a disaster leads us to demand a narrative explanation.
Leuven and Oosterbeek (2011) compared the results of a wide range of ORU studies and completed their literature review with a rather pessimistic note: "We conclude that the conceptional measurement of overeducation has not been resolved, omitted variable bias and measurement error are too serious to be ignored, and that substantive economic questions have not been rigorously addressed.
In the last chapter, Nuzzi sounds a rather pessimistic note.
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