Sentences with phrase «rather defeatist»

I say 2 - 1 rather than 2 - 0 because I think that I'd probably be feeling rather defeatist had we been two down and the nerves would probably not be as great.

Not exact matches

``... those who saw the risen Christ remained persuaded that life was worth living and death a triviality — an attitude curiously unlike that of the modern defeatist, who is firmly persuaded that life is a disaster and death (rather inconsistently) a major catastrophe.»

At the same time, the idea of an athlete simply participating, turning their brain into mush for a crowd pop, rather than trying to learn and improve and try to be the best, just seems so defeatist to me.

I mean, it just seems like there's a tendency to be defeatist rather than creative in approaching these problems, even on this blog.

Having a good attitude rather than a defeatist «Woe is me» or «Why me, Lord?»