Sentence examples for believe optimistic from inspiring English sources

As the situation has worsened, King bluntly asked Eikenberry why the American public "should continue to believe optimistic statements from their government?" Eikenberry dodged the question, instead insisting that his current analysis is "candid" and that "for the first time since 2002 we have a very clear strategy and matched against that we have resources that are being mobilized".

In April the government halved its 2016 growth forecast to 1.4%, an estimate that most economists believe is optimistic.

In April the government halved its 2016 growth forecast to 1.4% – an estimate that independent economists believe is optimistic.

By White House calculations, which some advocacy groups believe are optimistic, the new money would allow the program to reach nearly three-quarters of the nation's poor 4-year-olds.

Americans at home watching the Viet Cong capture the US embassy in the center of Saigon stopped believing the optimistic statements coming out of the Pentagon.

Petroleum executives do not believe in this optimistic scenario.

A. One of the most obvious mistakes we found is that too often we choose to believe in an optimistic scenario — we think too positively.

China's economy grew by 9.9% in the year to the fourth quarter, and its annual growth rate of 9.1% in 2003 was the highest since 1997, according to official statistics (which many analysts believe are overly optimistic).

But now NASA says they are poised at long last to make their first flights with humans this year — a timeline many in the industry believe may be optimistic given the immense challenge.

But automakers say the technology is not expected to be ready for broader sale before the end of the decade at the earliest, and many analysts believe that is optimistic.

"In the lifetime of my generation, most of the diseases we are dealing with, if not cured, should be turned into treatable chronic diseases," Mr. Simon said in 2007, speaking of a notion that was widely held at the time but that most researchers now believe was wildly optimistic.