Pollyannish

Word POLLYANNISH
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The word "pollyannish" in example sentences

But this notion that the "big media" screws all these things up all the time is a bit "pollyannish" and amateur, frankly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Similarly, "pollyannish" (OK, that might have been gratuitous, sorry) was describing the optimism, not the person (obviously, since I don't know him). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The progressives who support this man are blinded by their disdain for anyone who actually will work within the process to create real change and by their pollyannish idealism which Mr. Obama's rhetoric and style seem to embody. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I know it sounds a little pollyannish or new-agey, or at least a little grasping-at-straws-y. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I sometimes think it is nothing more than a pollyannish self-deception for me to think that positively about the human capacity or ability for "moral" behavior. ❋ Unknown (2007)

No. The acknowledgment that compromises are part of the process, and pollyannish standards are unrealistic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That is so deliciously pollyannish, I could just eat you right up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But as long as we're being pollyannish about Walt, I'd like to think that he'd never subject children to horrible Jewish stereotypes in his cartoons. ❋ Jeff Massie (2009)

But they are still very pollyannish in terms of assuming that, say, the poor are just as smart as the rich, only with different levels of social connections, education, and of course wealth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wouldn't you be happier at HillaryIs44 where there are other people who share your pollyannish outlook on the Clinton campaign? ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is, however, pollyannish view of the situation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I don't want to be pollyannish about racial issues, but since the mid-1990s, race is viewed through a slightly different prism in Illinois. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I know it may sound a bit pollyannish, but I thought one would not bring their "A" game or that one would get complacent and that didn't happen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

PNAC … perhaps the most pollyannish set of foreign policy ideas ever put forth. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I know there are people who think they know the answer to this, but I think they're being pollyannish. ❋ Bill Kerr (2008)

I believe my views are more realistic and less pollyannish than those held by some. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So, if you are feeling pollyannish, the next time you are in line at the airport, just remember that nearly every other person voted to continue the Republican domination of government, no matter what it costs the county. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The pollyannish MSM is doing the job, and maybe Ed feels as though he fills some holes. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Hence, for me, Rob's argument of moving toward a more positive, indepth presentation of issues is a logical and rational progression instead of being a pollyannish, Vincent Norment Peele's let's be positive and give each other a big hug and everything will be alright type of bull. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But this mere suggestion demonstrates how pollyannish some of you can be, how closedminded and intolerant of anything outside your own pitifully limited little mindset. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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