false hope

Example Sentences

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“Warsh and the Fed would be well-served to continue to give serious consideration to this measure over time, but at the moment, it may be offering false hope for the inflation picture,” Stanley notes.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

On the other hand, I understand that false hope is a toxic strain of that remedy.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

“I would be hopeful that we won’t get to those metrics yet, but I’ve also had a bit of a false hope that oil wouldn’t hit $100 a barrel this quickly as well.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

"In general, if someone's child is missing I would assume it would be upsetting to raise a lead which could result as a false hope at the end," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

But to pretend I was going to spend a whole day with James so soon after she believed we’d already gone on two dates would be giving her too much false hope.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu