How to Use in (the) hope of/that in a Sentence

in (the) hope of/that

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  • How many celebrities have ended up dead in the hope of sleeping?
    Penny Hueston, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The test were done in the hope of learning how to mitigate crash fires.
    Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 17 Aug. 2024
  • More families have trekked for miles in the hope that their children will be saved.
    Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
  • The bump sent share prices soaring in the hope of a luxury rebound.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Some train in the hope of eventually joining the armed forces.
    David Axe, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Cope left his own skull to science in the hope of proving that his brain was bigger than Marsh's.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 14 July 2024
  • Looking ahead, the team plans to restore and study the coins in the hope of learning more about their origins.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Propose to the woman in front of you, in the hope that this gives you access to her umbrella.
    Allie Levitan, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Flaa came up with the idea of singing her questions in the hope that actors would respond with a tuneful answer.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The film ends with villagers fleeing the fire, in hope of returning and rebuilding when the war is over.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Vana attended the sentencing, with her sister and two friends, in hope of some closure.
    Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
  • These services are performed in the hope that the favors will be returned every five years, come the election.
    Samanth Subramanian Vikas Adam Tanya Pérez Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • But not all ghosts are like Ciment; not all linger in the hope of clarity, of restitution.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • His mom brought him and his sister to the country in the hope of finding more opportunities.
    Emma Barnett, NBC News, 5 July 2023
  • For now, Xi is willing to tolerate a world in flames, in the hope that China won’t get burned.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The lyrics of the track are about the braceros who came to this country in the hope of achieving their dreams of a better life but instead suffered.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The world is harsh, challenging, but there is poetry in the hope that things can still grow and become beautiful.
    Ella Kemp, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
  • For several days, the carriage remained parked in front of the store in the hope that the kidnapper would return the child.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 3 May 2025
  • Each year, veteran cheerleaders and rookies try out in the hope of snagging one of the 36 spots.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 13 July 2024
  • These measures have been declared in the hope of boosting the Chinese economy.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The Russians may not know why their bombs are missing and simply adding more and more elements in the hope of getting through.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Authorities searched for the submersible in the hope that the vessel might still be intact and its occupants alive.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 June 2023
  • Several social media users have tagged Gaga in the hope of drawing her attention to the clip.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Thus far, the White House’s response has been to deny everything in the hope that the questions will go away.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The hostages had also written on bark leaves with charcoal and hidden the messages under stones and in trees in the hope that someone would find them.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Ruben Amorim spent the last seconds of his first game urging his new team to get the ball forward quickly in hope of a late winner.
    Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Crumble tells the tale of a married couple who go on a world-traversing adventure in the hope of finding a cure to an ancient curse.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 July 2024
  • The aid groups were there in the hope that Marocco would provide answers on the future of foreign assistance.
    Will Steakin, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Rather than pushing Trump under, the banks agreed to keep him afloat in the hope that his businesses would be worth more as going concerns.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • In the meantime, Fiordaliso has been coming up with new ways to boost the town’s appeal in the hope of luring newcomers.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024

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