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half-hoping

adjective

  1. having or expressing some hope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

She remained a long time in the water, half hoping that Mademoiselle Reisz would not wait for her.

He began scratching up the sand for a few moments, and I watched him, half hoping and believing that he might be right.

He paused uneasily, half hoping she would move or speak; but only the sound of a choked sob came to him, and he shivered.

Slowly I took my way towards the house and sought Lady Ellinor, half hoping, half dreading to find her alone.

I opened it, half hoping, half fearing, that Jane herself might have come to see me.

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