hoping

present participle of hope

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoping
Verb
  • In doing so, their press suffered, looking disjointed.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is looking for volunteers for its annual tree-planting event next month.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The $17 million amusement park was brought to life across 160 acres — all based on an idea Walt Disney had been dreaming of since the early 1930s.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Jenner posted a video on her Instagram in a strappy, glossy black dress that has the girls dreaming about summertime at the club again.
    Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For new investors in their early 20s or 30s who have never experienced a market correction or for someone planning on retiring soon, experiencing a market correction can be very unsettling.
    Earl Carr, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Now that the former governor is planning a run for mayor, New Yorkers should hear those questions.
    Peter Arbeeny, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Matthews Arena, on the Northeastern campus, would not be a viable option at least right now, as the school is proposing a new multipurpose athletic facility where Matthews currently sits.
    Hailey Salvian, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Imagine proposing a rule to fundamentally change a sport that’s been around for more than 50 years.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Women’s Christian Temperance Union group started in 1874 intending to end the consumption of alcohol in the United States.
    Elaine Shirley, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2025
  • China is also targeting the moon, intending to land astronauts there by 2030.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And that might also be scaring some people off about trying to release a brand-new holiday movie, not based on a piece of IP at this time of year.
    Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • New York police on Monday were trying to determine why someone set a woman ablaze board a train in Brooklyn in a fatal attack drawing outrage from city and state leaders who have been laboring to make the trains safer.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Hoping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoping. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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