hoped

Example Sentences

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“He always wanted to be a weatherman on TV,” she said, explaining how he hoped to get his big break on television by doing a weather report from the car lot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026

Carns had said he had hoped a leadership contest would give the party the "opportunity for a proper debate".

From Barron's • Jul. 9, 2026

With his team, he workshopped lines they hoped would be like a bucket of ice water, including a slogan Carney had used before: “Nostalgia is not a strategy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

For years, scientists have hoped to harness bacterial enzymes to create new drug variants through a process known as combinatorial biosynthesis.

From Science Daily • Jul. 8, 2026

He hoped no one else had heard him.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix