There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them. From LearnThat.org. [Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987)]
The situation is hopeless. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In an agony of hopeless grief. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She handed me a hopeless jumble of papers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I'm hopeless at mathematics. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
American POWs are dying in hopeless despair in enemy hands. From Wordnik.com. [Ratzel, Wesley D.] Reference
The class went down in hopeless, abject terror before the storm. From Wordnik.com. [Just Patty] Reference
African immigrants are routinely burnt to death in hopeless conditions. From Wordnik.com. [The scandal of Katrina « BuzzMachine] Reference
Feelings to love or guilt impel families to demand all-out medical care in hopeless cases. From Wordnik.com. [No More Aspirin, Please] Reference
This was another grand blunder that rendered the Suakim expedition almost hopeless from the first. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference
But as he mounted the stairs to his room he heard old Robert muttering, like a man in hopeless bewilderment. From Wordnik.com. [Kilmeny of the Orchard] Reference
Thousands of Persians, either actual captives or their descendants, are supposed to languish in hopeless slavery. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
Violent crime and murders escalate and most people end up living in hopeless ghettos as the middle class disappears. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Budget Doom] Reference
You will consider her remark very telling of a viewpoint that you characterize as hopeless, but you will say nothing. From Wordnik.com. [What You Catch a Glimpse of, Forget As Soon] Reference
She lay in hopeless misery on his breast, with her eyes again closed, almost unconscious of the support on which she leaned. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
He could not be called a hopeless drunkard, but he did find solace in drink. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico]
The city's schools, which many called hopeless, underwent a complete overhaul. From Wordnik.com. Reference
To Miss Lillycrop it conveyed the idea of hopeless and irretrievable confusion!. From Wordnik.com. [Post Haste] Reference
And a voice of touchingly ungrammatical Polish optimism: Don't stay in hopeless. From Wordnik.com. [the madrid agenda] Reference
Of course they are what is called hopeless, and they use their poor bodies very ill. From Wordnik.com. [The Child of the Dawn] Reference
There was too much that Aes Sedai were willing to call hopeless and let go at that to suit her. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
And the same with love for the lost, the poor, the hopeless ... in other words, for our neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [Seedlings in Stone] Reference
H.O. and Noël and Alice voted with us, so Daisy and Dora were what is called a hopeless minority. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
Now she thought of the kind farmer, with a throb of pity, as she recalled the hopeless sadness of his face the night before. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Hildegarde] Reference
Now, this is what you call hopeless. From Wordnik.com. [StyleCritics] Reference
He shrugged, his expression hopeless. From Wordnik.com. [Portobello] Reference
The country's plight seemed "hopeless," says Wolf. From Wordnik.com. [SHARING THE WEALTH] Reference
There is no way to say 'hopeless' and make it sound good. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
He, too, gave this woman hope when all labeled her "hopeless". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
Ian Sansom on three literary sisters and their 'hopeless' brother. From Wordnik.com. [Great dynasties of the world: The Brontës] Reference
Thanks for reminding me that I'm not the only "hopeless" case around!. From Wordnik.com. [Grace] Reference
“People have been feeling kind of hopeless about this,” Ms. Palin said. From Wordnik.com. [In Struggling Ohio Town, Palin Again Invokes Ayers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
At last, with a kind of hopeless exhaustion, he let them dangle at his sides. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Dreams]
His seventies, used-car-salesman haircut made him look kind of hopeless and lost. From Wordnik.com. [Koo, The Queen of Nowhere] Reference
I guess then submitting suggestions to change. gov would be a 'hopeless' endeavor. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sure The Workforce Gets The Message - NASA Watch] Reference
His seventies, used-car-salesman haircut made him look kind of hopeless and lost. From Wordnik.com. [Koo, The Queen of Nowhere] Reference
He was frank; he was potently insistent and "hopeless," he told her, "unless you save me.". From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
In the end we are left with a kind of hopeless Freudian shrug “what DOES Eileen McNamara want?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Chimes at Midnight] Reference
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