hopefulness
Example Sentences
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They maintain that they had a hopefulness that contrasts with Didion’s protagonist.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 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
He credits that hopefulness to his life in farming, a cyclical business, much like trucking, where the inevitable bad years make optimism a job requirement.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024
We couldn't see them from outside the prison, but their voices rang out just the same—the voices were haunting because they were disembodied, but they were full of excitement and hopefulness.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
