be hopeless

Example Sentences

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“Give it another 20 years. It will be a very different world. So, I’m not going to be hopeless about it or say it’s not happening. It’s happening,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2023

If the project were to really carefully work out what people in the year 2300 would exactly want and try to give up to them, that would obviously be hopeless.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2022

The oppressive sense of suffering all around her – as oppressive as wildfire smoke – spurs her to become a leader, taking action in what appears to be hopeless circumstances.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2020

You might think that it would be hopeless to try to detect a flash of visible light from a planet given the brilliance of the star it orbits.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green