half-hoping
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Three years ago, actor Bryan Cranston was half-hoping that he’d be assaulted.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2016
At the very least, I was half-hoping they’d be trolled by Civil War re-enactors and comic-con dress ’em up hobbyists in Star Trek regalia.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2016
So instead, Christine began her own investigation, half-hoping to prove to herself that the company hadn’t been a scam.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2015
“Girls, come here quick!” she cried, and half-fearing, half-hoping, they knew not what, the others ran to her.
From Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck by Wheeler, Janet D.
I remained, half-hoping, half-afraid that the chords of the spinet would wake to the touch again, and the voice again ring out, sprinkling its melody through the room like so much perfume from a philtre.
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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