How to Use Pollyanna in a Sentence
Pollyanna
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For a full list of artists performing, go to the Pollyanna website.
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Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The politics of Pollyanna, brought to you by the things-have-never-been-better crowd.
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Bret Stephens,
The Mercury News,
2024-10-24
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Sunshine Cleaning gave Adams’s Pollyanna era a slight edge.
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Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
2024-12-06
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My natural state has always been one of optimism, almost to the point of being a Pollyanna.
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Ellyn Laub,
sun-sentinel.com,
2021-09-30
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My mother, ever a Pollyanna, favors the gau sok tile, a riot of nine bamboo stalks in ruby and jade (and indigo in some sets).
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Rudy Lee,
New York Times,
2023-10-17
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Burke was married to actress Pollyanna Rose until 2017.
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Dustin Nelson,
EW.com,
2024-05-15
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But isn’t the cynical explanation also the Pollyanna one?
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Maya Singer,
Vogue,
2025-01-08
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This is not to put Pollyanna up in opposition to Mr. Wheatcroft’s jeremiad but rather to point out that Britain’s lot on the world stage since 1945 has not been so lamentable.
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Richard Aldous,
WSJ,
2021-10-08
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LaNasa was previously married to actors Dennis Hopper and French Stewart, while Show was previously married to actress Pollyanna McIntosh.
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Bailey Richards,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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