6 sentences with 'hoped'
Example sentences and phrases with the word hoped and other words derived from it.
• « For example, if your main purpose is to lose weight, you may be a victim of disappointment. Many people don't lose weight as quickly as they had hoped... certainly not at first. »
• « Early religions hoped to ensure fertility and avert the many natural disasters over which ancient peoples had no control. »
• « Playwrights hoped that watching Greek tragedy would lead the audience to relate to and sympathise with the tragic hero. »
• « Darius III fled east but was assassinated by Persian nobles, who hoped to retain their own independence (this didn't work - Alexander the Great thoroughly hunted down the assassins over the next few years). »