hoped (for)

past tense of hope (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoped (for)
Verb
  • Tropical Depression Nine is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 8 to 12 inches, with isolated maximum totals of 16 inches in eastern Cuba, and 4 to 8 inches of rain in the Bahamas.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Hail damage to vehicles is expected.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Through their actions, humanity’s relationship to day and night was reinvented – often in ways that Edison never could have anticipated.
    Ernest Freeberg, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • His instincts anticipated the figurative starter’s pistol.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lauren Jauregui’s journey on Dancing with the Stars came to an end Tuesday night, as the final three couples—Andy and Emma, Lauren and Brandon, Elaine and Alan—awaited their fate.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • On a gloomy Saturday morning in Pacific Beach, Friends of Rose Creek executive director Karin Zirk awaited participants for the California Biodiversity Day BioBlitz.
    Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Hoped (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoped%20%28for%29. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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