"We're trying to put the most optimistic spin on it," one Administration official said.

The optimistic spin: That's what pessimists have been saying for a decade.

I naturally put the most optimistic spin on this.

It was about the most optimistic spin he could put on his feelings at the moment.

The optimistic spin: It's still the best chance yet for lasting peace.

The optimistic spin: The war on drugs is finally working.

Why he's trying to put the optimistic spin on this, I don't know.

Even during Dunkirk, an optimistic spin was put on how the soldiers were eager to return.

When the sun is shining, the study concludes, people tend to put a more optimistic spin on the day's news developments.

The experts, putting an obviously optimistic spin on the situation, don't think so.