Example sentences for: glass-half-full

How can you use “glass-half-full” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Somehow though, the NYT goes with the glass-half-full headline, "Kosovo Albanians, in Reversal, Say They Will Sign Peace Pact," and calls the outcome a "limited success."

  • The NYT 's report that Clinton characterized the latest talks as making substantial progress savors of a glass-half-full feeling, while a glass-half-empty sense comes with USAT 's report that Madeleine Albright declined to describe the session as a "breakthrough," and with the paper's description of Arafat and Netanyahu as "stone-faced" (although in the NYT 's photo, both men are smiling somewhat).


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