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
"That feeds false hope and creates damaging expectations."
From BBC ● May 7, 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
“We learned the hard way to be careful, there’s been a lot of false hope in the past,” said Rotem Cooper, whose parents were both kidnapped by Hamas from their kibbutz of Nir Oz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
As Sarai watched, he managed, with incredible effort, to slide his foot a few inches, which could only mean that Minya was still toying with him, holding him imperfectly to allow him false hope.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
