"hope" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Both brothers chose the gas chamber in the hope that courts would find the method unconstitutional.
- The spot was supposedly chosen for its lovely setting, in the hope that the condemned prisoner's punishment would thereby seem all the worse.
- I've chosen to allow myself to be photographed, in the forlorn hope that it might stop you following me to school like you did yesterday, Paula.
- Perhaps, like some humans, it chooses complex ones in the hope of getting into a newspaper column.
- Iblis chose his words and tone cautiously, in the hope that he could find a way to turn her orders to his own ends.
- He chose prison over extended probation, perhaps in the hope that incarceration would separate him from the temptations of his addiction.
- Anything might have been right and she chose the spade ten in the hope of finding her partner with length and strength in that suit.
- I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.
- They choose a movie in the hope that for a period of time they will be more entertained or interested or happier than otherwise.
- The name was likely chosen in the hope the locality would be prosperous.
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