fond hope
Example Sentences
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“How many weary days and weeks had I passed, upheld only by the fond hope of bringing home many new and beautiful forms from those wild regions.”
From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2017
In the early years of the project, examining the children's genotypes was just a fond hope.
From Nature • Apr. 11, 2012
This fond hope gradually disintegrates in this highly amusing and sharply written comedy of contemporary manners as battle lines are drawn not only between the two couples but also between the partners in both marriages.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2011
But that is a fond hope, at present.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2010
Suddenly the sound of steps met his ear, and he raised his head quickly, in the fond hope of distinguishing the light footfall of a woman.
From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von
