Words similar to hoping

Example sentences for: hoping

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

The first major rebellion occurred in 1770 when the Russians, hoping to distract the Turks while they waged their own attacks on the Ottoman Empire elsewhere, promised support to Dhaskaloyiánnis, a wealthy shipowner.
Hamon said the proposed bill has attracted a number of co-sponsors, and Legal Aid backers are hoping to get it passed in the upcoming legislative session.
But because the U.S. government operates under a presidential executive order forbidding the assassination of foreign leaders, U.S. military planners who want to eliminate a foreign leader have to perfect the mental trick of hoping for e.g.
I figured this must be some biological version of a search engine, so I said, "The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth , by John Allegro," hoping the query was syntactically correct.
I'm still waiting and hoping that he'll finally be barking mad.