in (the) hope of/that
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or in hopes of/that
: with the hope that something will happen or could happen
He returned to the crime scene in (the) hope of finding further evidence.
He waited in hopes that she would show up.
Examples of in (the) hope of/that in a Sentence
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In the two years since Film in India was announced, it has been revised a dozen times in the hope of bringing in more interest.
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Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
As its costs spiraled higher in 2022 and 2023, Alterra, the developer of the Philadelphia apartment building, asked the current owner of the property to delay the land sale in the hope that rates would fall and to lower the purchase price.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
Baseball fans can now put down $100 deposits in the hope of securing 2025 and 2026 season tickets to see the Athletics play during their stint in West Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park — the first chance to put money toward these seats.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024
Over eight months between 2020 and 2021, millions of people would weave in and out of these caravans of trucks and makeshift houses surrounding New Delhi, in the hope of curbing new laws that would open Indian agriculture to predatory corporate interests while plunging farmers into poverty.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 9 May 2024
All of it was done in the hope that others could avoid a diagnosis like Ms. Hallenga’s.
—Remy Tumin, New York Times, 6 May 2024
Lacking the courage to directly confront the facts of the Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump, the majority raises questions in the hope that Trump will be elected and the issues will just go away.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Rescue crews are sifting through wrecked homes in the hope of finding survivors after a devastating weekend.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
Within days, the mallard — eventually dubbed Gertie by a writer at The Journal — was attracting thousands of people to the bridge in hope of seeing the duck's eggs hatch.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
As its costs spiraled higher in 2022 and 2023, Alterra, the developer of the Philadelphia apartment building, asked the current owner of the property to delay the land sale in the hope that rates would fall and to lower the purchase price.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
Baseball fans can now put down $100 deposits in the hope of securing 2025 and 2026 season tickets to see the Athletics play during their stint in West Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park — the first chance to put money toward these seats.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024
Over eight months between 2020 and 2021, millions of people would weave in and out of these caravans of trucks and makeshift houses surrounding New Delhi, in the hope of curbing new laws that would open Indian agriculture to predatory corporate interests while plunging farmers into poverty.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 9 May 2024
All of it was done in the hope that others could avoid a diagnosis like Ms. Hallenga’s.
—Remy Tumin, New York Times, 6 May 2024
Lacking the courage to directly confront the facts of the Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump, the majority raises questions in the hope that Trump will be elected and the issues will just go away.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Rescue crews are sifting through wrecked homes in the hope of finding survivors after a devastating weekend.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
Within days, the mallard — eventually dubbed Gertie by a writer at The Journal — was attracting thousands of people to the bridge in hope of seeing the duck's eggs hatch.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
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