Explore Sanguine through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like optimistic or ruddy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sanguine meaning
- Having the colour of blood; blood red.
- Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.
- Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
Using Sanguine
- The main meaning on this page is: Having the colour of blood; blood red. | Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters. | Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
- Useful related words include: optimistic, rubicund, ruddy, florid.
- In the example corpus, sanguine often appears in combinations such as: sanguine about, less sanguine, more sanguine.
Context around Sanguine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sanguine
- In this selection, "sanguine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, less, relatively, remarkably, last, defense and arguing stand out and add context to how "sanguine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all is sanguine and am always sanguine about it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sanguine" sits close to words such as absa, absconding and accretion, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sanguine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This outcome was more sanguine than expected. (7 words)
UBS economist Masamichi Adachi also painted a sanguine picture. (9 words)
He trumpets a sanguine defense of the Church, so unusual for his kind. (13 words)
While the Fed’s dovish comments were helpings on Tuesday and investors were being sanguine about the Middle East, Praveen said that view could change if for example the fighting spread to other countries in the region. (37 words)
Things have reached the point, in other words, that one side of the Israeli divide is relatively sanguine about seceding from the other side, and that other side may well see things the same way. (35 words)
It took me a long time to understand that the myth sold to me of ruddy-cheeked little kids engaged in sanguine or chortle-ful play without parental presence was just that—a myth. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bill McCartney, creator of the “Red-Letter Rivalry’’ 41 years ago, will be sanguine and smiling at the stadium's Saturday Morning Special between Colorado and Nebraska.
But Bailey, in an interview with the Belfast Telegraph, appeared to be sanguine about the latest inflation figures, which had been expected to show a fall to 6.6 per cent.
But with that pain, Williams wrote the sanguine “Last Hope,” a song about focusing on that little bit of optimism to keep you going through a tough time.
He trumpets a sanguine defense of the Church, so unusual for his kind.
It took me a long time to understand that the myth sold to me of ruddy-cheeked little kids engaged in sanguine or chortle-ful play without parental presence was just that—a myth.
Others were more sanguine, arguing that other carmakers will need to raise wages to keep up.
Still, sellside analysts have turned less sanguine on the stock – a month ago, UBS cited macro headwinds as inhibiting for the small Consumer Discretionary company.
The consensus estimate, according to Seeking Alpha, suggests the analyst community is not quite as sanguine about earnings growth.
They divorced ten years later following his affair with a younger dancer, though today Candace seems remarkably sanguine about the pain it inevitably caused.
Things have reached the point, in other words, that one side of the Israeli divide is relatively sanguine about seceding from the other side, and that other side may well see things the same way.
This outcome was more sanguine than expected.
UBS economist Masamichi Adachi also painted a sanguine picture.
While investors fear a downturn, we are relatively sanguine because Diageo's premium-led sales growth should be resilient.
While many chefs said the electric knife is an unnecessary — and possibly problematic — kitchen tool, others were more sanguine about the appliance.
While the Fed’s dovish comments were helpings on Tuesday and investors were being sanguine about the Middle East, Praveen said that view could change if for example the fighting spread to other countries in the region.
With this as the backdrop to the new year, it is hard to believe all is sanguine.
Asked how he saw the Chinese economy, the prime minister said: “I am always sanguine about it.
Bill Morrow is a union supporter, but he’s less sanguine than Reynolds.
Economists, however, have so far been a little more sanguine than panicked media headlines might suggest.
He is less sanguine about salvaging the rest of what is considered the prime tourist season.
Common combinations with sanguine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sanguine about 16×
- less sanguine 12×
- more sanguine 7×
- sanguine and 4×
- relatively sanguine 4×
- sanguine than 4×
- sanguine in 4×
- the sanguine 3×
- as sanguine 3×
- so sanguine 3×