Sentence examples for rugged optimism from inspiring English sources

Bouncing back from a devastating fire, of course, can impose a rugged optimism.

"There's an important difference between rugged optimism that is willing to take tremendous risks for the sake of a just and free society and mere fantasies of endless conquest and continuous victory," Mr. Miller said.

"Bundas Bom" is a pretty good Portuguese-Spanish joke, and "Dancing Disco 101" an exercise in absurdist Giorgio Moroder grandiosity, but the best of them is "No More Blues": boiled-down funk, a rugged, ropy bass sound, and a lyric of pure optimism.

The sight of Serbs and Albanians drunkenly laughing together is a fragile sign of optimism in this predominantly Serb-inhabited skiing village, harking back to its heyday when its rugged natural beauty, powdery snow and Olympic-level ski runs attracted the likes of the former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito.

■ Optimism.

He was rugged.

It's quite rugged.

It's really rugged.

They're rugged, too.

Rugged individualism!

That's pretty rugged.