be hopeless

Example Sentences

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Qxf4 gxf4, but the ending turns out to be hopeless after 33.

From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2023

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

With clear enough thinking, the replication crisis never needed to have happened because people would’ve realized that so many of these studies would be hopeless.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2018

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

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins