hoped

past tense of hope

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoped
Verb
  • Khalid was born mortal, but was given an immortal life when his father placed his soul into the body of Hunbish, a child that the Goryeo girl once wished to save.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The pain was so bad at some points that Ozzy wished for death.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With its emphasis on competitiveness and staying on the edge of technological advancement, plus the perks, Intel was the place where graduates of top computer science schools, such as Caltech, dreamed of landing a gig.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Steve Sax is the homegrown kid who dreamed big and achieved it.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Well, that’s what the aforementioned six-week process is intended to reveal.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • These are intended for young players who are in the first team, or those from the academy who are training with Ruben Amorim’s squad.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Tennessean looked at weekly circulars from more than a dozen stores, including Middle Tennessee staples like Aldi, Dollar General, BJ's Wholesale Club.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, the report found that 47% of companies looked to automating or implementing new technologies to address worker shortages, a five percentage point increase from 2024.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Christopher Perry, a Durham resident, proposed to his fiancée, Kristen Seidel, in Italy in 2024.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • In an interview with Vogue, Swank revealed that Misha Collins’ wife Victoria Vantoch set the pair up on a blind date, and a year-and-a-half later, Schneider proposed in Colorado.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In an exclusive interview with WWD, Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion and president of Chanel SAS, said the brand planned to add new faces to its roster, but would also maintain its relationships with longtime brand ambassadors.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But, remember, Yahya Sinwar planned October 7th.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And more people meant more masking tape, more numbers stuck to the chests of anyone who would allow it.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This, coupled with a professional ban in her home country, meant that a boxing career seemed almost unthinkable for someone like Brækhus, even after becoming European champion and a world silver medalist.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Like its rival, Shudder, Screambox lacks parental control features, despite the content ratings for most of its movies being designed to exclude younger viewers.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Spacecraft designed for rapid drops Arc stands about 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide, roughly the size of a large tabletop.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Hoped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoped. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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