How to Use hopeless in a Sentence

hopeless

adjective
  • We were the most hopeless group of golfers you ever saw.
  • He felt confused and hopeless after losing his job.
  • He's very ill, but his condition isn't hopeless.
  • There’s a sense in which her quest is hopeless.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • This one’s for the horny, hopeless goth inside all of us.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There’s your story of hope for what feel like hopeless times.
    — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2020
  • But not taking those risks is a hopeless point of view to start from.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • We’re supposed to bring light to a dark world and hope to the hopeless.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 12 Jan. 2021
  • But for me, my faith is what keeps me hopeful in times that feel hopeless.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Those games just feel hopeless now, with a proud alum flailing in his dream job.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 10 Oct. 2017
  • From hopeless to hope, that quickly.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Here are steps to hire the right one That’s not to say that things are hopeless.
    — Winnie Sun, CNBC, 19 July 2024
  • If these strike you as the words of a hopeless romantic, good.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Burns is asked how to avoid feeling hopeless during a stretch like this.
    — Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Hope may be the thing with feathers, but this bunch of feathers is hopeless.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 July 2022
  • There are no easy answers, but that doesn’t mean the future is hopeless.
    — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • All that’s left is some hopeless cringe, stunt guest stars and unfunny jokes.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • All that's left is some hopeless cringe, stunt guest stars and unfunny jokes.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This means bucking a picture of hopeless plight.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
  • For the next 11 games, though, Duarte's shot seemed to be a hopeless cause.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Their leaves were scattered on the ground – brown, brittle, hopeless.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2020
  • But as dire as all of this is, the situation is not hopeless.
    — Lawrence Norden, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
  • In a world at war with the rat, a defense of the enemy might seem hopeless.
    — WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
  • At the end of a seemingly hopeless year, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
    — Liberty Vittert, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2020
  • The irony, of course, is that Tess is the one who should feel hopeless coming out of that fight.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The Wolverines might feel hopeless now, but the Browns shouldn’t.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2019
  • For those of us who have small infants, the frustrations of eczema can seem hopeless.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • The hopeless woman grasps her head with one hand and checks her baby’s cheek with the other.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Even when all might be lost in a hopeless desert of lifeless toxic sludge, the future feels bright.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
  • If not caring is the new hope in this day and age, well, Miss Val is hopeless.
    — Michael Angeli, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 Sep. 2017

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