hoping
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, Slot will likely persist with a team similar to what we have seen in recent games, hoping that, through control and possession, they can pick up form, likely through low-scoring wins.
From BBC
I hit the shutter, hoping I caught it.
From Los Angeles Times
The Chargers got an early Christmas present Monday night courtesy of San Francisco, and they’re still hoping for more under the tree.
From Los Angeles Times
Alejandra Acuña, a Venezuelan marketing agent in Spain, said she had bought tickets to Caracas months earlier, hoping to introduce her partner to the homeland she left a decade ago.
Meanwhile, investors may be hoping for some gold and silver in their Christmas stockings.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.