Sentence examples for a window of optimism from inspiring English sources

Lucent Technologies began selling $3.6 billion of shares yesterday in Agere Systems, its semiconductor unit, to capitalize on a window of optimism in the stock market even as concern mounted about Lucent's financial situation.

She also puts it into its historical context - coming in a window of optimism between end of the cold war and the beginning of the war on terror.

"One of my key roles is to ensure that there's a spirit of optimism because things are moving, things are changing, there probably is a window of opportunity.

In a time of great prosperity and boundless optimism, Head Start was a national commitment to provide a window of opportunity for our most at-risk children -- a chance to realize the American Dream.

For the past two years, he has heard the sounds of protest through his open windows (he is four blocks from Syntagma Square), but he maintains a sense of optimism.

I was smiling as I sat in the audience of a boring business seminar--and I felt a renewed sense of optimism for my future as I gazed out the window of a 747 on the way home.

You needed a lot of optimism.

It is a season of optimism.

It offered a sliver of optimism.

It's a source of optimism.

Verdict: Strindberg with a dash of optimism.