It reached 63 percent on Thursday, which suggests that investors are growing more pessimistic.

Newspaper executives have also grown more pessimistic about when business will begin to improve.

All the members of my unwitting council have grown more pessimistic over the past year.

Consumer confidence fell as Americans grew more pessimistic about the outlook for an economy creating few jobs.

Some dealers said they were growing pessimistic about the dollar's ability to strengthen.

In years past, engineers failed to develop repair kits after growing pessimistic about the chance of success.

I was growing more and more pessimistic that we would ever see him again.

The dollar turned in a mixed performance, as dealers grew increasingly pessimistic about trade figures due out tomorrow.

But in subsequent weeks, after a series of disappointments, he grew increasingly pessimistic and destructive.

Markets Stocks drifted lower as traders grew pessimistic ahead of today's report on consumer prices.