Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Pollyannas
Noun
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But, for the optimists, the renewal is more pronounced these days.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025 -
That signaled that perhaps a resolution was at hand, but the resolution even came quicker than optimists may have hoped.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Of the roiling mass of restless natives, cranky artists and tattered idealists who rose up across the Southland this summer to flip off darkness and call America back to its better angels?—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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But Loktev is quick to correct anyone who perceives My Undesirable Friends as a snapshot of idealists under duress.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Like legions of dreamers before him, McGuirk started on film and TV sets as a PA, an often thankless job where random castigations from members of the cast or crew can be par for the course.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If not, these elements of Musk’s project are likely to remain more theoretical, just as the dreams of last century’s techno-utopians did.—
Sonja Fritzsche,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This ancient practice has been a source of guidance and meaning for people from all walks of life, not just mystics and starry-eyed romantics.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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This book is the perfect read for hopeless romantics and for those who believe that love and healing have the power to transcend lifetimes.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Pollyannas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Pollyannas. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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