hopefulness
Example Sentences
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"There's a real hopefulness about booking a nice villa somewhere and thinking everyone's going to have a great time together," says Antonia.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
“We grow, have epiphanies, become better, understand our flaws”—a notion that expresses the sense of hopefulness reflected in Ms. King’s novels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
I cite such horrific examples not out of despair but from a strange sense of hopefulness.
From Salon • May 25, 2025
As Reena, Gupta, heartbreaking in her hopefulness, is especially good.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
Through relief and exhaustion I slept well that night, waking refreshed before daybreak with a renewed hopefulness.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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