Sentence examples for a sort of pessimistic from inspiring English sources

I didn't believe in the Higgs boson when I started work on the LHC, (as I describe near the start of Smashing Physics) so I worked on WW scattering out of a sort of pessimistic cynicism (my first LHC paper is here).

A: Sort of.

The only thing that's not clear is whether it's the sort of optimistic pessimism that says the humiliation will be finished before tea, or the sort of pessimistic pessimism that says that this is going to be a humiliation so complete that it wouldn't be appropriate to give the reins to any other OBO correspondent.

"I'm a naturally pessimistic animal and there's a sort of innocence in these people.

In many ways, it's a fierce and pessimistic satire, in which Ma'Rosa is a sort of Mother Courage, doing what it takes to survive.

"A sort of blank".

A sort of aspic.

A sort of monster.

"A sort of dream.

A sort of adventure, maybe.

(A sort of cognitive disonance).