Hopelessly

Examples

• No, John Carter, it is useless, she cried, hopelessly, I may never be yours while Sab Than lives. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Young couples, who had loved long and hopelessly, suddenly found every impediment removed, and wealth pour in from the death of relatives. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• His expressive action would be hopelessly lost upon her, and what could he do? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This is hopelessly vague. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In a more confidential tone they will tell you that the ordinary citizen is a hopelessly private person. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I was ruined, shamefully, hopelessly ruined. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She completely dispelled the persuasion that Asia was in some irrevocable way hopelessly behind Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She was the last visitor to pass out at the Lodge, and the gate jarred heavily and hopelessly upon her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I had had sickness and misfortunes, and was so poor,' said the old man, 'as hopelessly to owe the father, principal and interest. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Not so much pain now; but I am hopelessly weak, and the state of my mind is inexpressible--dark, barren, impotent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They were as hopelessly lost as though they suddenly had been transported to another world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As I fixed my eyes hopelessly on Joe, Joe contemplated me in dismay. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I have drifted along hopelessly for a hundred pages of manuscript without knowing where to commence. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There were, as he had said, marks upon the bed, but they were hopelessly blurred and vague. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It hurts me very much to hear you speak so hopelessly, said Dorothea. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If a face so shaded can brighten, his face brightens somewhat; and by little and little he eats the slice of bread he had so hopelessly laid down. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His marriage to that woman has hopelessly vulgarised him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• All high school boys and girls know the difference between the concentration and the diffusion of this impulse, although they would be hopelessly bewildered by the use of terms. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Pilar shook her head hopelessly at Robert Jordan. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• All the gold of my rich nature was poured hopelessly at her feet. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The fat boy looked hopelessly in the face of everybody at table, and stammered out that he didn't know. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It is useless even to try, she answered hopelessly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• By showing himself hopelessly unmanageable he had made Bulstrode feel that a strong defiance was the only resource left. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was ruin to Mrs Boffin's aspirations, but, having so spoken, they sat side by side, a hopelessly Unfashionable pair. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• His memory of events, at that past time, is hopelessly enfeebled, said Ezra Jennings. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I fancied, as I looked at her, that I slipped hopelessly back into the coarse and common boy again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• My work, which had appeared so vague, so hopelessly diffuse, condensed itself as he proceeded, and assumed a definite form under his shaping hand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But the close of the short dreary evening left her with a sense of effort hopelessly wasted. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Of course, legally, we are putting ourselves hopelessly in the wrong; but I think that it is worth it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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