hopeful
adjective
hopefulness
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a word derived from
hopeful.
Example Sentences
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"There's a real hopefulness about booking a nice villa somewhere and thinking everyone's going to have a great time together," says Antonia.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
“We grow, have epiphanies, become better, understand our flaws”—a notion that expresses the sense of hopefulness reflected in Ms. King’s novels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
She gravitates to romance “to get back to that place of hopefulness, and affirm the beauty and magic and meaningfulness of life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
Yet, it also points to a hopefulness that this intricate interweaving implicit in the real world can be understood.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024
My hopefulness was genuine, in spite of everything that had happened already.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
