unreal hope
Example Sentences
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He plans a line of defense along Pipe Creek, far from Gettysburg, in the unreal hope that Lee will attack him on ground of his own choosing.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
A strange, unreal hope, an illusion of her tortured mind, even now sometimes visited her.
From Thyrza by Gissing, George
