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:

) Even more frequently than that I log on to one of my three computers, hoping to see the little message on the screen, "You have mail."
But even Swan went to his pauper's grave still hoping for a rail connection to Seattle, and Seattle remains Port Townsend's undesignated home port.
But Turkey had taken a great, stumbling stride towards 'modernity,' towards the unprotected free-market economy which the European Union enforces on nations hoping to join it."
I was hoping that Scott might see things differently in daylight as well.
Having read many cases in which you handled tricky situations very adeptly, I am hoping you can help me do the same with mine.