hope
Usage
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To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. The verb expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Await (wait for) something implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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Going into the summer transfer window as Premier League champions, hope sprang eternal for Arsenal.
From BBC β Sep. 5, 2026
“I hope ranchers will be recognized as part of the solution to climate change,” Valdez said.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 5, 2026
What do you hope audiences take away from watching it?
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 5, 2026
The hope had been that the drug—called pelacarsen—would take on an insidious cause of heart attacks and strokes that has eluded treatment for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 4, 2026
“It is wrong to give people hope when there is no hope,” he said.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The defendants have appealed to the Supreme Court in hopes of blocking the lawsuit, which they say threatens to create financial chaos for their industry, among other issues.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 5, 2026
Critics also have been concerned about the methodology of drug trials and whether the science supports the high hopes for the treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 5, 2026
Generally speaking, news of further conflict drives the price up while hopes of an end to the war pushes the price down.
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
Here are 10 more I’ll be looking out for – some I’ve seen, others I have high hopes for – along with premiere dates for a selection of returning favorites.
From Salon β Sep. 4, 2026
Friends called at Leah’s house day after day in hopes that the spirits had returned.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The assignment would change the course of her career, but not in the way that she’d hoped.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 5, 2026
Back in 1989, Lord told a BBC West documentary The Animators he "hoped Morph will still be around in 30 years or so, and still be loved."
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
Fleeing in horror from the Revolution he had hoped to lead, he was captured and imprisoned, “crushed,” as Gouverneur Morris, America’s minister to France, put it, “by the wheel he set in motion.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 4, 2026
Glanville said he hoped the primary takeaway from Morgan's death would be one of responsibility for dog owners, to ensure legislation is being followed and suitable precautions are considered.
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
Since somebody had filched the school map, we’d hoped to be free of that subject.
From "The Teacherβs Funeral" by Richard Peck
This year's defending champions are Jonathan Jennings from Kentucky, the first men's winner from the USA, and the formidable Lucy Wood from Sheffield who will be hoping for her seventh women's title.
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
Consumers hoping for easing prices are stuck waiting for the memory shortage to ease, something Ubrani doesn’t see happening until at least 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 4, 2026
Microsoft stock and a raft of other OpenAI partners will be hoping GPT-6 Astra proves to be a hit.
From Barron's β Sep. 4, 2026
While some analysts had low expectations for Thursday, others were hoping for a much bigger rollout.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 4, 2026
A boy who lacked discipline, whose family was relieved when he was called to France, hoping that maybe the rigors of the army would smooth out his jagged edges, help him grow up.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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