hoped

They had hoped the autopsy would show Brinsley had eaten something that would point them in the right direction.

He hoped also to be a chaplain through his local church, and he was nearing the end of his formal training.

Liu had just gotten married two months before and hoped to start a family right away.

She hoped the church, which reinforced her views, would be a good environment for him, he explained.

And then we planned (or hoped) to make that back in ticket sales.

To see a part of my scheme, from which I had hoped so much, go wrong before my eyes is maddening!

If so, it is to be hoped that, wise man as you are, the first attack of this disorder was also your last.

He had hoped to have her reason it out with him, and he had prayed that he be given a little time, and then all would be well.

He paid for the lunch, and tipped the waiters so liberally that they all hoped he would come again often.

The sailors had hoped they would be able to shield the Southern point of the Peninsula by interposing their ships but they can't.