high hopes

Example Sentences

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After a landslide victory north of the border in the 2024 general election, Scottish Labour had high hopes of challenging the SNP in May's Holyrood election.

From BBC

It was looking as though we wouldn’t get a badly needed, monthslong, toe-to-toe face-off about all that’s right and wrong in the sprawling metropolis of high hopes and low expectations.

From Los Angeles Times

Pa told me once that folks down at Bent Fork didn’t have much to work with, but they had high hopes.

From Literature

They will want further defensive reinforcements too should Stones and Ake depart, though there remain high hopes for central defender Vitor Reis - on loan at sister club Girona - with the expectation he will be integrated into City's senior squad in the not-too-distant future.

From BBC

But Kid Rock, 55, appears to have high hopes, with an opportunity to regain relevance likely at the top of his wish list.

From Los Angeles Times