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

“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

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

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins