He started to feel optimistic that within a few hours he'd be far enough up the coast to find help.

Silence tried to feel optimistic, but it was hard work.

It may have had something to do with the wine, but I was feeling optimistic.

But it is hard not to feel optimistic about the country too.

For the first time in a long while, I actually felt optimistic about being able to arrive at a decision.

So I feel optimistic about the future of the book.

At least I am waking up, he thought, trying to feel optimistic.

But I did feel less optimistic about the prospects than he.

On the whole, I feel optimistic about the future of nature conservation because so many people are involved now.

"That is why I feel optimistic, although we may get a quarter here with really quite low growth."