HOPE in a Sentence

Learn HOPE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for HOPE, such as:

1. While we breathe, there is hope.
2. All we can do now is wait and hope.
3. I do hope the cream hasn't curdled.
4. And yet the animals never gave up hope.
5. He who lives by hope will die by hunger.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOPE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hope
 v.  expect and wish, want something to happen or to be true
 n.  something good that you want to happen in the future
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He had toiled painfully down the ravine, and on to this little elevation, in the vain hope of seeing some signs of water.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  In all that broad landscape there was no gleam of hope.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
3  "You're not hurt, I hope, miss," said her preserver, respectfully.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
4  He and they had been among the Nevada Mountains prospecting for silver, and were returning to Salt Lake City in the hope of raising capital enough to work some lodes which they had discovered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
5  He had but one hope in life now, and that was for the arrival of the young hunter from Nevada.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
6  At last, when he saw five give way to four and that again to three, he lost heart, and abandoned all hope of escape.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
7  There is nothing left for me to hope for, or to desire.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
8  They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
9  And yet the animals never gave up hope.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
10  "But we have other lives, I think, I hope," she murmured.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
11  They knew at once they had nothing to fear, nothing to hope.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
12  I do hope the cream hasn't curdled.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
13  To be sure, I hope I'm right, for I had a cousin who married a girl of that name, and as a friend of the family, we don't stand on ceremony.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
14  "Let's hope to God that's the end," said Giles gruffly.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
15  If the worst should come--let's hope it won't--they'd hire an aeroplane, so they said.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday, today is the hope, but also can become tomorrow's reality.
17  We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die.
18  We hope to prevent anything unpleasant from happening.
19  I hope I didn't appear offhand with her - it's just that I was in such a hurry.
20  The hope is that this area will develop into a vibrant commercial centre.
21  On this special day I send you New Year's greetings and hope that some day soon we shall be together.
22  Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.
23  I hope this disagreement does not divide us.
24  I've never been to Kenya, but I hope to visit it next year.
25  All we can do now is wait and hope.
26  I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him.
27  While we breathe, there is hope.
28  He who has health, has hope, and he who has hope, everything.
29  He who lives by hope will die by hunger.
30  You show the warmth of your friendship in so many different ways,That's why I hope your birthday is the happiest of days.