hope
noun
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best.
unhoping
-
a word derived from
hope.
Example Sentences
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I should not revert to the unhoping inertia of my previous state.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
"Some day to come, my boy," would be the hopeful response of an unhoping heart.
From Israel Potter by Herman Melville
She only shook her head and showed him a face of deep, unhoping sorrow.
From A Beautiful Alien by Julia Magruder
He was one of the world's lost sheep, one of the army of the unhoping.
From The Sagebrusher A Story of the West by Emerson Hough
It is the physical hunger of the soul in wan limbs and hand, and the fixed gaze of the unhoping eyes—despair made flesh.
From Heart of Man by George Edward Woodberry
