Sentence examples for initially hopeful from inspiring English sources

As with Santana, the Mets were initially hopeful Matz could pitch in 2011.

Raul Gonzalez, legislative director for the National Council of La Raza, said he was initially hopeful about the law's potential, but has grown "deeply disappointed".

He was initially hopeful that the perpetrators of the massacre would be brought to justice, but by the time that Mladić was arrested, in May, 2011, after roaming free for nearly sixteen years, his outlook had soured.

Currie was injured during Warrington's Super League defeat to Wigan last Friday, and although the club were initially hopeful over the severity of the problem, scans have shown that the 22-year-old has suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

And so, though the Slovenes were initially hopeful losers as they exchanged postmatch pleasantries with the English players and applauded their small bloc of Slovene fans, they were soon reeling from the unlikely news that Landon Donovan had produced a winning goal for the United States in Pretoria.

When the Institute for Policy Innovation (where I hang my hat) got its announcement in the mail, the CFO was initially hopeful.

But after that episode, officials were initially more hopeful about restoring service quickly, Mr. Malloy said.

Although management expects negative like for like again for the second half (the first was down 0.9%), we were initially more hopeful.

Korbonits wasn't initially very hopeful of an answer: "The lab had never had a sample that had been cooked for 24 hours," she explains.

The centre-half, who had initially been hopeful of playing for England in Montenegro last week, has suffered a setback in his recovery from the knee injury sustained against West Ham.

Discussions over a new deal broke down earlier in the season but manager Nigel Clough initially remained hopeful he could tempt Green to stay at Pride Park.