How to Use "Hope" with Example Sentences

hope (n): the belief that something you want will happen; something you wish for

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Used with adjectives:

"She has really high hopes for the future."
(high)

"He's our best hope for success."
(best, main)

"There is slight hope that things will get better."
(slight, real)

"You need to have realistic hopes."
(realistic, reasonable)

"Don't give her false hope."
(false)

"The change gave him fresh hope."
(fresh, renewed, new, sudden)

"College is a distant hope."
(distant, future)

"The team has championship hopes."
(championship, Olympic, medal, title, play-off)

"She was his last hope."
(last, only, one)

Used with verbs:

"The children are full of hope for the future."
(be + full of)

"We have little hope for success."
(have, see, feel)

"He expressed hope that the project would succeed."
(expressed)

"He found hope in the new treatment."
(found)

"She is clinging to one last hope."
(be + clinging to)

"I haven't abandoned hope yet."
(abandoned, given up, lost)

"The announcement brought hope to the community."
(brought, gave, provided, offered)

"The storm crushed her hope for a nice weekend."
(crushed, destroyed, killed)

"He carries the hopes of the entire nation on his shoulders."
(carries)

"He represents our best hope for a win."
(represent)

Used with prepositions:

"I think this situation is beyond hope."
(beyond)

"They are full of hope for a cure."
(for)

"This plan has no hope of success."
(of)

hope (v): to want or desire something to happen

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Used with adverbs:

"He desperately hoped she would come home."
(desperately, really, sincerely, certainly)

"She only hopes for one thing."
(only, just)

"He secretly hoped she was right."
(secretly)

Used with verbs:

"I began to hope for change."
(began, started, continued)

"We dared to hope that he would succeed."
(dared)

Used with prepositions:

"We are hoping for a boy."
(for)