sound pessimistic
Frequency: 7.09.5 per million words
To give an impression of pessimism through speech.
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Examples (10)
- Your comments sound a bit pessimistic about the project's future.
- He always sounds so pessimistic when discussing the economy.
- Don't let my words sound too pessimistic; I'm just being realistic.
- The news report sounded particularly pessimistic this morning.
- Even if things sound pessimistic, we must remain hopeful.
- She tried not to sound pessimistic, but the situation was dire.
- Why do you always have to sound so pessimistic?
- His assessment of the situation might sound pessimistic, but it's accurate.
- I didn't mean to sound pessimistic about your chances.
- Their initial predictions sounded extremely pessimistic.