How to Use hope in a Sentence

hope

1 of 2 verb
  • Let's hope that the strike ends soon.
  • I hope I haven't bored you.
  • That's what she hoped would happen.
  • I hope you're feeling better soon.
  • No one knows yet if anyone survived the crash. At this point, we can only hope.
  • Everyone in your family is well, I hope.
  • But one hopes that the shame isn’t the sum of the story.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
  • Democrats hope to wrap up the inquiry by the end of the year.
    Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2019
  • What are some of the things that give you hope these days?
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The whole point is to just keep the jokes and the set pieces coming, and hope for the best.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The team and its fans can only hope that’s a good thing.
    Mark Long, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The Browns feel the same way, and hope to get some good news soon.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 3 June 2019
  • SpaceX will hope to get lucky and hit a gap in the storms this evening.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 July 2019
  • Green Bay must win out and hope for some help along the way.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • What gives you hope about the future of our planet and the climate?
    Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Her lawyers hope that her plea will make the court more lenient.
    New York Times, 27 July 2022
  • The Tigers hope to take advantage of his speed on the bases.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2022
  • But the Dolphins hope his talent can lead the team to new heights.
    Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Let’s hope it’s not something as dumb as the last livestream.
    Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 July 2018
  • Still, some hope that the worst will soon be over on the inflation front.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 1 June 2022
  • There is some progress — and hope — in the latest data.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 May 2021
  • Teens, prepare for the worst and hope for the best when meeting your first scary doll.
    Vulture, 2 Jan. 2023
  • What do you guys hope your fans would take away from this album?
    Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 27 July 2022
  • All a team can hope for at this point in the season is to be improving.
    oregonlive, 13 May 2021
  • The Tigers will need to win out and hope the Aggies slip up.
    al, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Even a date gives us reason to hope, a light at the end of this very dark tunnel.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Yet there is still hope—and a role for everyone to play.
    National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020
  • They are always filled with the promise and hope and life essence of their creator.
    Matt Miller, Esquire, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Thanks for having me, and hope my fans enjoyed the insight.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Don’t just promote a flyer with links and hope the world sees it.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2022
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hope

2 of 2 noun
  • The goal raised the hopes of the team.
  • He told them the truth with the hope that they would understand.
  • The hope is that there will be a settlement soon.
  • The drug has brought hope to thousands of sufferers.
  • The lawyers do not want to raise false hopes of an early settlement.
  • When they started their life together, they were young and full of hope.
  • The latest reports hold out hope for a possible end to this crisis.
  • Rescuers have not yet abandoned hope that more survivors will be found.
  • We allowed ourselves to entertain hopes that the crisis would end soon.
  • He had little hope of attending college.
  • The hope is that the work beckons more than one glance.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022
  • In them, there is some hope for the future of the chef.
    Alicia Kennedy, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 July 2022
  • The hope is to find light waves also caused by the event.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 June 2020
  • All of this work is built on the same thing, and that is hope.
    Maka Monture, Teen Vogue, 22 Nov. 2018
  • That means there's hope for the rest of us to be great, too.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The world’s fairest hope linked with man’s foulest crime.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The original hope was to film the fourth and fifth movies back to back.
    Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Amid the grim milestones, there is some hope in the fight against the virus.
    Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • There's still hope of a rebound in the second half of the year.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 14 July 2019
  • Now there is hope, and that word isn’t even strong enough.
    Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 28 Apr. 2018
  • And our hope is to create a space where those guests feel at home.
    al, 15 Apr. 2022
  • My hope is to give my kids the confidence to dream out loud.
    Kristina Kuzmič, Good Housekeeping, 7 Feb. 2020
  • That was the hope, but the men in suits signing the deals weren't ready to think about that.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 May 2018
  • But the wave is coming, and your best hope is to get aboard and ride it to shore.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2024
  • My hope for you is that this Purim is your best one yet!
    Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
  • That was scrapped, and the hope then was to work with two other countries.
    Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • In his view, there's still hope that the movie will be approved.
    Fortune, 9 Sep. 2021
  • And all hope is not lost for cocktails, at least not yet.
    Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Best of luck to you, and my hope is that your heart begins to heal itself.
    cleveland, 6 July 2021
  • Launch has been pushed back a day in hopes of better weather.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2018

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