1.   Chisholm and other players had been optimistic to that point.

2.   His agenda seemed too radical, too hopelessly optimistic to some.

3.   If that sounds especially optimistic to you, there are a lot of people who would agree.

4.   That sounds overly optimistic to Rod DeAngelo, the manager of the downtown Pizzeria Uno, a Chicago landmark and the self-proclaimed birthplace of deep-dish pizza.

5.   That may seem optimistic to those who recall the painfully fumbled launch by Morgan Stanley of its Indian mutual fund last year.

6.   The interesting difference these days is that deficit guesses have gone from being too optimistic to overly pessimistic.

7.   Though that number seems optimistic to some industry watchers, almost everyone agrees that the movement has grown significantly.

8.   Environment Minister Yeo Cheow Tong sounded optimistic to reporters on Tuesday despite the lack of a complete assessment of damage.

9.   The scenario appeared overly optimistic to some.

10.   Yeo sounded optimistic to reporters on Tuesday despite the lack of a complete assessment of damage.