Hoped

Examples

• I don't know how it is, said he, but I had hoped for so much from his return. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Robert Jordan hoped he had gone for food. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Fanny had indeed nothing to convey from aunt Norris, but a message to say she hoped that her god-daughter was a good girl, and learnt her book. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• If I could have hoped it would have brought in nearly the sum wanted, I'd have sold all long ago. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He kept me waiting so long, that I fervently hoped the Club would fine him for being late. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• As I hoped in the end to besiege Vicksburg I must first destroy all possibility of aid. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I have been a little hard on her, perhaps, in my own thoughts--I have almost hoped that the loss of the Diamond might be traced to _her_. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was evident to me that he was becoming uneasy, and that his plans were not working out altogether as he had hoped. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She hoped it was not so. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Only to say, Sir, that I hoped you was well, and only to ask if Miss Amy was Well? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It is hoped that these facts will demonstrate to the Northern people that negro soldiers cannot cope with Southerners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Of course, Mr. Jackson reluctantly conceded, it's to be hoped they can tide him over--this time anyhow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Hoped no violence would be committed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Then he'd to go into hiding, where he'd a been yet, if Thornton had followed him out as I'd hoped he would ha' done. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It's only to be hoped, said my sister, that he won't be Pompeyed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• But the old teachers are all dead, or gone elsewhere; and no enlightenment is to be hoped for from that quarter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Lambert (1728-1777), Kant found a genius akin to his own, and through him hoped for a reformation of philosophy on the basis of the study of science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I hoped he would feel this, but, for the moment, he seemed too much absorbed to be sensible of the change. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I said, “Your brother's sane--a great deal more sane than you are, or ever will be, it is to be hoped. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Martha was frightened to death and begged my pardon; hoped nothing had been stolen. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• She was in better spirits, and Miss Halcombe hoped she might be induced to take a little walking exercise while the afternoon sun lasted. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In another moment the strong pride that was in her came to conquer her sudden agitation, which she hoped he had not perceived. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The light had gone, the rising dust had disappeared--he hoped for ever. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I told him I had come up again to say how sorry I was that anything disagreeable should have occurred, and that I hoped he would not blame me much. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Susan had an open, sensible countenance; she was like William, and Fanny hoped to find her like him in disposition and goodwill towards herself. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He hoped they would see the troops, and be quelled by the thought of their narrow escape. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• In Otero, that night, was when he first killed and he hoped he would not have to kill in this of the suppressing of these posts. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• If I could have hoped that Steerforth was there, I would have lurked about until he came out alone; but I knew he must have left long since. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was furtherest from my desire to hurt or offend you, whom I had hoped to protect and comfort. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• We were all three unusually well dressed on that evening, for our finery was new and we humbly hoped in very good taste. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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