Sentence examples for touch of optimism from inspiring English sources

"They'll probably recover everything," he said, a touch of optimism in his voice, though US Airways said it was too early to tell.

NEW YORK TIMES   Fed Offers a Touch of Optimism on the Economy  |  While the central bank said it would continue its efforts to stimulate the economy, its report noted that the improving job market and increased spending were cause for some optimism, The New York Times reports.

Oh for a touch of that optimism, for this neck of the woods is more than a little nervy about the whole thing now.

Was there a feeling of optimism?

I retain a trace of optimism.

But I also wonder if using Derbyshire as a type in an older/younger, benighted past/enlightened future dichotomy doesn't reflect a touch of over-optimism about what that future is actually likely to bring.

If only they'd be more positive, expectations would level off and rise, and a double-dip would be averted.But as much as I'd love to think that by focusing on positives I could touch off a wave of optimism that would save the recovery, this is simply beyond what I or any other journalist can do.

The Huskies completed the sweep on Saturday with a 4-1 victouchinguching off a surge of optimism and ticket requests for the weekend series.

Despite her grim outlook, she added a touch of encouragement, if not optimism: "The happy ending still beckons, and it is in the hope of grasping it that we go on".

Yet he delivers the news with an undeniable delicacy and touch of humor that curdle into some kind of optimism.

After two months of optimism brought by the European Central Bank's plans to buy government bonds, investors got a touch of the jitters last week.