high hopes

noun

: a strong feeling that something good will happen or be true

We had high hopes of winning the game.

Examples of high hopes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those who call it home have high hopes for what the venue will become. — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Neither Russia nor Ukraine appear to hold high hopes for the ongoing US diplomatic push toward peace. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Birmingham was named in the 1830s after what was then England's biggest industrial center by Michigan residents who had high hopes for it. — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Led by Sagapolutele, the Bears have high hopes of revitalizing a program that hasn’t won nine games in a season since 2008. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for high hopes

• antelopes
• biotopes
• cantaloupes
• envelopes
• epitopes
• gyroscopes
• horoscopes
• isotopes
• microscopes
• telescopes
• copes
• gropes