hoping

Example Sentences

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It’s OK to ask, “What are you hoping to achieve?”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

A nation will be hoping he's still smiling in the wake of their opener against Haiti, Scotland's first World Cup game since the great thoroughbred in their midfield was barely out of nappies.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Anxiously scanning the horizon, hoping that a brilliant force will leave the masses forever changed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

David, the American narrator of this groundbreaking novel by James Baldwin, has come to Paris hoping to elude his homosexuality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

They found ways to throw us together, hoping we would stick like they had.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith