adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
less
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His close colleagues were rather less sanguine in private.
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But officials in Nevada were less sanguine .
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Under less sanguine circumstances, loans are advanced more cautiously.
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A University of Michigan study said consumers grew less sanguine about their finances this month.
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Walking home, though, Ralph was less sanguine .
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On the crowded streets of Hong Kong, the masses feel less sanguine about the Communist takeover.
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De Oriol of Iberdrola was less sanguine about the possibility of increased dividends.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a sanguine complexion
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Traders are taking a sanguine view of interest-rate prospects.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Guterson, 39, seems sanguine about his remarkable success.
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His close colleagues were rather less sanguine in private.
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However, some other forecasters are more sanguine about inflation.
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Jody is not sanguine about the prospects.
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Simon was not always sanguine about the population issue.
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Such a sanguine conclusion may seem odd at a time when furious arguments are no doubt raging behind the scenes.
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This is not to say that Brownmiller has written a sanguine portrait of sisters locking arms in struggle.
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We stopped believing in the four humours, but we remain bilious, choleric, sanguine and phlegmatic.