Sentence examples for rather than confident from inspiring English sources

"I am optimistic rather than confident," he said.

I'm hopeful rather than confident but when both fighters are calling each other out, it's always a good sign".

Smith says he is "hopeful rather than confident" that state and federal governments will reveal secure funding plans soon.

At times the top order batted in the manner of players fearful of failure rather than confident of their abilities.

Rather than complain (as Hieronymi would assume that trustees might) about trustors being merely hopeful about rather than confident in their trustworthiness, they could respond well to the trustors' attitude toward them.

In a home where you were put down a lot or made to feel insecure rather than confident would be much tougher to overcome as an adult.

Rather than being confident in the message, they try to use the government to stifle dissent.

His response has recalled the awkwardly ingratiating Mitt Romney of the primary season, when the strings and salesmanship showed, rather than the confident, pragmatic, post-debate front-runner.

Rather than being confident, she says, she was confrontational: if people looked at her for too long, or in a funny way, she'd challenge them.

I've had to temper my voice in meetings for fear I be understood as a stereotype, rather than a confident professional.

Gilbert said she was "not convinced" by some chains' ambitions: "It is too early to judge, but they made us more anxious rather than more confident.