be hopeless

Example Sentences

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Everyone is chasing Morikawa, and it looks to be hopeless.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 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

I’d be hopeless in that ill-fitting pair that 13 assigned to me.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins