Upbeat
upbeat (adjective) - cheerful and hopeful about a situation
an upbeat presentation
a colourful, upbeat presentation
an upbeat presentation of the financial results
praised for maintaining an upbeat, cheerful approach
upbeat exhortations
an upbeat atmosphere
an upbeat message
the overall tone will be upbeat
upbeat news
delivering a positive message and creating an upbeat mood
a relentlessly upbeat approach
start the speech on an upbeat note
the sort of upbeat good humour you need to compete for jobs
suitably upbeat
upbeat and cheerful
an upbeat and cheerful end to the toughest year of their lives
more upbeat fictional stories please, I'm depressed
he never moans and is always upbeat and positive
want everything as upbeat as possible
issue an upbeat report
upbeat and jolly
the popular mood seemed to demand an upbeat cinema
an upbeat affair
an upbeat finale
rather upbeat
rather upbeat about the future
an upbeat report claiming significant improvements
take a more upbeat position
Example sentences:
* "You don't have the sort of upbeat good humour you need to compete for jobs."
* "They will present him with an upbeat report claiming significant improvements in performance ocver the last year."
* "Now he was rather upbeat about the future."
* "We have to be upbeat otherwise we are all finished."
* "The show with its colourful, upbeat presentation, its production-line methods and its computer-controlled cooking, was light years away from anything seen before on TV stations."
* "She set the tone for the conference with a deliberately upbeat message."
* "The Fund's 1992 annual review was praised for maintaining an upbeat, cheerful approach with a readable, well-illustrated, commonsense format."
* "Then, the upbeat finale takes on a military air, with a flute solo leading the troops into their march towards life and death."
* "Speaking at a generally upbeat presentation of the results this week, Pearson chief operating officer Frank Barlow said that both Penguin and Longman had scored record sales, profits and cash management."
* "Gurus as a marketable, bankable phenomenon are essentially a product of the early eighties, when Peters' and Waterman's In Search of Excellence fired a business generation with its upbeat exhortations."
Inside, the atmosphere is upbeat and as tripped architectural space provides a backdrop to the rainbow silks of the staff.
* "Well, Theresa Smith, how do you think men have changed as a result of, of the more upbeat position that women have taken?"
* "The upbeat account of the firm's local fortunes may be regarded as somewhat surprising given the fact that IBM Eastern Europe has not announced the conclusion of any major contracts so far this year."
* "This world's fair like every world's fair, is an upbeat affair."
* "Yet he never moans and is always upbeat and positive within the team."
* "'It is really terrific news and it has done wonders for morale with everybody very upbeat,' said a spokesman."
* "I want everything as upbeat as possible for the kids."
* We write for ourselves, anything we did write that was, like, upbeat and jolly, got thrown out immediately."
* "MOODY's ISSUES AN UPBEAT REPORT ON OUTLOOK FOR AMERICA's PHONE COMPANIES"
* "The political and social context and the popular mood seemed to demand an upbeat cinema but this cinema was not to be a cinema of fantasy or make-believe but rather it was a cinema created in the image of its audiences."
* "The minister, who had red hair and fire in his eye, started on an upbeat note."
* "It's that relentlessly upbeat approach that really grates with me."
* "Honeymoons from exotic India to upbeat New York" (advertisement)
* "The monthly journal Copper Blue has more upbeat fictional stories."
* "Suitably upbeat, it is noted for the ubiquitous piano part, played with endearing understatement here by Amalie Malling, with Michael Schonwandt conducting Copenhagen's Collegium Musicum (Marco Polo)."
* "The high-profile trip was meant to be an upbeat and cheerful end to the toughest year of their lives, instead they appeared to be at breaking point."
* "Party managers are hoping that by delivering a positive message and creating an upbeat mood, they can avoid too much unrest surfacing during the debate on the economy."
* "The festival is the brainchild of performer, director and playwright Cordelia Frankantoni and freelance arts administrator Dominic D'Angelo, both of whom are determined that the overall tone will be celebratory and upbeat."
* "Let's celebrate: the organisers are determined that the overall tone will be upbeat and create a feel-good factor."
