This proves to be a futile hope, as her father is being released from prison early, having only served three years of his sentence.

I don't know whether 33 Rc6 was just a blunder or a futile hope that his opponent would overlook the opportunity.

He hoped not, but feared that was a futile hope.

To build a bridge toward the child was a futile hope.

The game of eternal waiting, building up futile hopes.

She closed her eyes, an ostrich's futile hope that it would not be seen.

I think that's a futile hope, given the current manhunt.

It was an almost futile hope, but the best that offered.

I stood with my back to the window, horribly tempted to look again in the futile hope I'd made a mistake the first time.

Chris paused, his fear building up again, and with it a feeble, futile hope.