How to Use only wish/want/hope in a Sentence

only wish/want/hope

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• So as the only hope, Alice shifted to … the queen of hearts!
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• But now the Memphis transfer can only hope to make the most of it.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Now, the team can only hope the forecast for the rest of their season can clear up.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• The only hope is to have a home with a few animals in some place not worth a bomb.
  — Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
• That photo sparked an idea for a story of four best friends who only want to have a good time all the time.
  — Marc Berman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• The people who run Fox News — and its rivals — can only hope.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Aug. 2023
• Our only hope against this evil is the activist outrage of these parents groups and, of course, the grace of almighty God.
  — For The Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2024
• So the only hope Keffe would have of ever seeing the light of day again is to take a deal with a lesser charge.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• The only hope the Vikings have this week starts and stops with Jefferson leading the charge on offense.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
• The White Sox can only hope to write a similar ending in 2025.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2024
• The war has also united the elites, who now feel unwanted in the West and see Putin as their only hope for a good life.
  — Mikhail Zygar, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2024
• The men could only hope to emulate the drama of the perfect women’s matchup.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
• The only hope is young Alam, Mallikajaan’s youngest daughter.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
• The Wildcats can only hope that history repeats itself, that the fourth time proves to be the charm, once again.
  — Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
• The sensation of knowing another swarm of drones is on its way, the only hope that each one can be shot from the sky.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 July 2023
• Now, with the series’ next three games to be staged at Citi Field, the Dodgers can only hope their starting rotation avoids the same fate.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
• Some people have already buried their children, and their only wish is to stay close so they can be buried next to them.
  — Lynsey Addario Megan Specia, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
• Its only hope lies in besting reigning champs Maserati in the Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile race across Italy known for claiming the lives of many a driver.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
• These migrants’ only hope for a second chance is a faulty smartphone app.
  — Lillian Perlmutter, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• The Dodgers can only hope their pursuit of a division title doesn’t suffer the same fate.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
• Most American laborers only want to work on the farm part-time — if at all.
  — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
• The only hope for Israel and Palestine to end the bloodshed is a peace process that rejects violence.
  — William Lambers, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
• Like Rachel herself, we members of that audience can only hope to know so much about that.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
• The Yankees can only hope that strikeout rate increases as Rodon builds up strength.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• Her only hope is that after all these years, audiences are ready to receive it.
  — Marley Marius, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2023
• Like any parents of an asthmatic child, Rob and Jaimee can only hope their luck—and Jillian’s—will continue to hold.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 June 2024
• Scott and Diana Anderson only want one thing: to be let back into Club 33.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
• In chess, which for decades now has been dominated by A.I., a player’s only hope is pairing up with a bot.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• So hot that your only hope is cranking up your air conditioner to full blast.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 23 Aug. 2024
• In other cases, researchers might only want to show what is known and nothing else, which can present its own kind of challenge.
  — Alison Klesman, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024