hope
Usage
What are other ways to say hope?
To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. The verb expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Await (wait for) something implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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“I hope they’re smart,” Vance said about the Iranians.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The short answer is more than even the optimists dared hope for.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
By selling reserves to raise cash, the hope is to cap the depreciation of their home currencies.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
As the West marked Easter, I was struck by a shared human impulse to seek hope among the ruins of the past.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
She doubted it, but it was the only hope she could muster.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
