Sentence examples for in the desperate hope that from inspiring English sources

I calculated and recalculated my purchases in the desperate hope that I hadn't forgotten to declare anything.

My daughter keeps pressing me to name my favourite bands in adolescence in the desperate hope that one day I will nominate someone credible.

We just panic-bought every bullshit snake-oil sleep-aid we could find on the internet, in the desperate hope that one of them would work.

I watched in the desperate hope that he wouldn't go into the ifs and buts of a brutal murder in the middle of Pakistan's capital.

One man committed suicide on his first night at Yarl's Wood in the desperate hope that his 13-year-old son would then be allowed to remain in the UK.

In September 2007 this newspaper supported the surge not because we had faith in Iraq but only in the desperate hope that the surge might stop what was already a bloodbath from becoming even worse (see article).

When she arrives home, someone's in her house, and she has the desperate hope that it's Kallie.

In the case of kidney donation, which can come from a live donor, it is the desperate hope that someone will decide to make this enormous personal sacrifice.

The truth was that since I hadn't quite gotten the hang of the job, my strategy began and ended with the desperate hope that each issue would hit the streets with all the pages in the right places.

But it was not "desperate hope" that killed them.

These questions are not accusatory but stem from what, I assume, is a need to revisit earlier events, in the desperate hope of changing the outcome.