1. They're just hoping against hope that she's still alive.

2. I rang my parents, hoping against hope that they hadn't left yet.

3. We are hoping against hope for a change in her condition.

4. She was hoping against hope that there'd been some mistake.

5. She glanced about the hall, hoping against hope that Richard would be waiting for her.

6. One after another the aircraft came back and we would count them, hoping against hope that they would all return.

7. Meg went up to the familiar ward hoping against hope to find Carolyn back in her bed again.

8. Daniel waited all day, hoping against hope that Annie would change her mind.

9. Sykes had been as cold and miserable as me, hoping against hope that I would surrender first.

10. We're hoping against hope that she's gone off with a friend or a boyfriend and will get in touch with her parents.

11. Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last, he readily accepted.

12. They hope against hope that all would come well.

13. The mother continued to hope against hope although the plane was hours late.

14. It has been raining for days,[] I hope against hope that the rain would be stop after a few days.

15. "To be a negro in America is to hope against hope, "wrote Martin Luther King in the last year of his life.

16. Finally, we hope against hope that we have the courage to ensure that this type of catastrophe can be prevented or mitigated.

17. The guy who you know is going to break your heart, but you hope against hope you could be the "one can fix him.

18. I certainly hope not, but it often seems like a hope against hope.