hopefulness
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That his hopefulness reads as synthetic or unrealistic is a broader indictment of how cruel the world has become, and how quickly we’ve accepted casual coldness as the norm.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
"There's a real hopefulness about booking a nice villa somewhere and thinking everyone's going to have a great time together," says Antonia.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
“We grow, have epiphanies, become better, understand our flaws”—a notion that expresses the sense of hopefulness reflected in Ms. King’s novels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
She gravitates to romance “to get back to that place of hopefulness, and affirm the beauty and magic and meaningfulness of life.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
Yearning and wariness and hopefulness and love . . . does Molly really see all this on Sarah’s face, or is she projecting?
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
