fond hope
Example Sentences
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“How many weary days and weeks had I passed, upheld only by the fond hope of bringing home many new and beautiful forms from those wild regions.”
From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2017
In the early years of the project, examining the children's genotypes was just a fond hope.
From Nature • Apr. 11, 2012
This fond hope gradually disintegrates in this highly amusing and sharply written comedy of contemporary manners as battle lines are drawn not only between the two couples but also between the partners in both marriages.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2011
But that is a fond hope, at present.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2010
"A gleam of sunshine at last," exclaims Sir Mark, at this moment, coming for the third time to the surface, in the fond hope of once more restoring peace to those around.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
