hoping

Example Sentences

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The region is hoping to get those workers back and keep its top tech companies by making permitting easier, and ensuring capital moves easily from one country to another, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Anxiously scanning the horizon, hoping that a brilliant force will leave the masses forever changed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Still, bankers are probably hoping to reach four or five times oversubscribed.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

David, the American narrator of this groundbreaking novel by James Baldwin, has come to Paris hoping to elude his homosexuality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

With one hand on the steering wheel, I pat down my pockets, hoping some cash will magically appear the way Sandy June’s does.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith