hopes 1 of 2

plural of hope

hopes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hope

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hopes
Verb
Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopes
Noun
  • Our conversation revealed how commercial space, AI, and medicine are converging in ways that will open entirely new opportunities for businesses and societies.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • There is enough stacked against the party and president that every effort should be made to remove opportunities from the opposing party.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kirk was often targeted by Groypers, who believed Kirk’s political beliefs leaned too moderate.
    Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In the same study, in fact, Republican voters also shifted their beliefs about many other topics to help with this rationalization process.
    Sarah Stein Lubrano, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To help illustrate the differences, consider a taxpayer in the top marginal tax bracket (22%) who wishes to save $100 for retirement.
    Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • While the defense remains solid, the offense needs to get back on track if the team wishes to have a strong campaign in 2025.
    Richard Pereira, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While this seems the most ideal scenario, another scenario that could be in the realm of possibilities is a final tour, but with Yungblud performing alongside the band.
    Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Viewing Zionism historically helps reveal it not as a caricatured monolith but as a national movement like so many others—one that encompasses a complex past, competing ideas, and a future whose possibilities have not yet been exhausted.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is your invitation to reset your routines with your core desires in mind.
    Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, allow your desires and needs to be filtered through the architect’s own depths of total experience.
    Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This is the first CTC production helmed by its new artistic director, Rick Dildine, and his heart was surely in the right place in presenting the tale of a teenage boy who dreams of adventure and rises to the occasion when heroism is required.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Their follow up Strawberry Mansion, which Birney and Audley wrote, directed and produced, was a futuristic fantasy-romance centered on a man and the woman whose dreams he is tasked with auditing.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Effective leaders treat their minds like a gym.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But all is not lost, because there are ways to change people’s minds.
    Sarah Stein Lubrano, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Streaming Thursdays on Disney+ and Hulu, the podcast is produced by BBC Studios and aims to deepen fan engagement throughout Season 34.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Kamo‘oalewa is one of the destinations of China’s Tianwen-2 mission launched in May, which aims to collect and return samples from the space rock in 2027.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Hopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopes. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on hopes

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!