false hope

Example Sentences

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“Warsh and the Fed would be well-served to continue to give serious consideration to this measure over time, but at the moment, it may be offering false hope for the inflation picture,” Stanley notes.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

"That feeds false hope and creates damaging expectations."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

“I would be hopeful that we won’t get to those metrics yet, but I’ve also had a bit of a false hope that oil wouldn’t hit $100 a barrel this quickly as well.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

“We learned the hard way to be careful, there’s been a lot of false hope in the past,” said Rotem Cooper, whose parents were both kidnapped by Hamas from their kibbutz of Nir Oz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien