Sentence examples for dashing hopes from inspiring English sources

This was probably crucial in dashing hopes for change.

Without it, they say, the whole package collapses, dashing hopes for universal coverage and cost control.

The new economy minister, Axel Kicillof, supports price and exchange controls, dashing hopes of moderation.

At harvest time, some of the rice was found to be contaminated, dashing hopes of a big debut.

Firms, excluding farms, cut 85,000 workers from their payrolls, dashing hopes that job losses had come to an end.

Industrial and manufacturing output fell unexpectedly, dashing hopes that the economy grew in the second quarter of 2009.

The talks also failed to produce a cease-fire, dashing hopes of Western diplomats and United Nations aid officials.

Construction spending data in May also fell by more than expected, dashing hopes for real estate builders and developers.

But retail sales fell, dashing hopes that the Christmas shopping season had been a bumper one.Another Wall Street titan launched an attack against the Dodd-Frank financial reforms.

Thailand's revered king has failed to deliver his traditional birthday speech, dashing hopes that the address would help resolve the political paralysis and unify a divided nation.

About 20 members are understood to have opposed the country's initial proposal, dashing hopes of an unchallenged arrival at the Geneva-based body that governs global trade.