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Example sentences for: hopes

How can you use “hopes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In this particular case, Prudie hopes your friend does not get Dutch elm disease.
Initial test shows no DNA, Starr doesn't say anything, hopes Clinton will assume he's pursuing Option B, etc.
The NYT says the death of Nigeria's Abacha, whose five-year reign was marked by his brutal suppression of political opponents and who had no designated successor, initially prompted hopes among Nigerian political exiles and some world leaders that Nigeria, which had a flourishing democracy briefly in the early 1980s, might restore civilian government.
The WP reports that the GOP hopes Starr's performance can "energize the lagging drive" to impeach President Clinton.
Republican hopes of gaining more than a dozen House seats and the magic number 60 in the Senate are slim.