keep fingers crossed
Example Sentences
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"Still in my stomach I have some stressed feeling, so just keep fingers crossed for them."
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
"You have got to rise above it and accept some things are dodgy, keep fingers crossed and hope for the best."
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023
Satellites in similar orbits circle the planet once every 90 minutes, so a decade — with thousands of possible close calls — is a long time to keep fingers crossed.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2021
“Be patient,” Hasinger says, “and keep fingers crossed that we get this wonderful machine into orbit.”
From Scientific American ● Apr. 7, 2021
“I’m cautiously optimistic and keep fingers crossed that something tangible, something real will come out of this,” said Awet Weldemichael, a professor at Queens University who specializes in the Horn of Africa.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2018
