1 She looked appealingly at the two girls who kept their eyes cast down and then hopefully toward Uncle Peter's erect back.
2 If the first play isn't good, let's beat it, said Kennicott hopefully.
3 But ere her commander, who, with trumpet to mouth, stood up in his boat; ere he could hopefully hail, Ahab's voice was heard.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel. 4 The door stood open, and a woman and a girl of fourteen ran out and looked up at us hopefully.
5 'Maybe I be the kind of girl you like better; now I come to town,' she suggested hopefully.
6 "Don't fear," said his wife, hopefully.
7 "Put him in the oven, and maybe he will get warm and revive," said Amy hopefully.
8 Presently, as Jo's sobs quieted, he said hopefully, "I don't think she will die."
9 Jo spoke hopefully, but could not rid herself of the foreboding fear that this 'little trial' would be harder than the others, and that Laurie would not get over his 'lovelornity' as easily as heretofore.
10 The doctor, on examining the case for himself, spoke hopefully to him of its having a favourable termination, if we could only preserve around her perfect and constant tranquillity.
11 I sank back on my pillow after drinking, and the face that looked so hopefully and tenderly upon me was the face of Joe.
12 He leaned his elbow on the rough chimney-piece, and gazed upon a few expiring embers in the grate; but he raised his head, hopefully, on my coming in, and spoke in a cheery manner.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 51. THE BEGINNING OF A LONGER JOURNEY 13 Against such a sight, and against such determination as that of the calmly desperate man who was already accustomed to lead half the people present, I might as hopefully have entreated the wind.
14 He talked hopefully to Becky; but an age of anxious waiting passed and no sounds came again.
15 And retrieving some glint of faith from the grey waters, hopefully, without much help from reason, she followed the fish; the speckled, streaked, and blotched; seeing in that vision beauty, power, and glory in ourselves.