How to Use hopelessly in a Sentence

hopelessly

adverb
  • But both of these shows are hopelessly retro — in all the wrong ways.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024
  • But my dad was deeply, hopelessly in love with the cruise lifestyle.
    — Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 10 July 2017
  • At least this stuff could save the ones who are hopelessly hikikomori-mode.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Iman is a good man, but even a good man can be hopelessly corrupted.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Anything else seems hopelessly out of date.
    — Sarah Mupo, STAT, 9 June 2026
  • Ozzy seemed at once incapable of death and hopelessly in search of it.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
  • With that date in mind, those tops nowadays are hopelessly dated.
    — Ellen Warren, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The place was a golf course—in other words, hopelessly uncool.
    — Darrell Hartman, WSJ, 1 July 2021
  • But the idea that only a few players will make money seems hopelessly naïve.
    — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The former Bond plays a gay man hopelessly in the throes of love and longing.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The truth is that the agency is hopelessly understaffed, and has been for years.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
  • When shown down the line by defenders, his shots are sliced hopelessly with his weaker left.
    — Michael Cox, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The iconic gull-wing doors had a habit of becoming hopelessly stuck.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Now who but the hopelessly old at heart will deny that’s refreshing?
    — Jamie Bryan, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
  • These sheets washed well, and came out of my dryer looking rumpled, but not hopelessly creased.
    — Lisa Lombardi, wsj.com, 25 Sep. 2023
  • When you’re hopelessly lost, a paper map — the more detailed the better — will save you.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2019
  • This left Kale and his legal team hopelessly cornered.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Keep watching to laugh with me, cry with me and fall hopelessly in love with me… and probably with more than one man.
    — Becca Kufrin, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2018
  • The world is totally and hopelessly obsessed with face masks.
    — Kristie Dash, Allure, 25 Mar. 2018
  • When their hair begins to fall out, many people hopelessly look for ways to slow down the process and promote more hair growth.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • While most brands benefit from a good stir or a quick whip in a mixer, others are hopelessly greasy or sticky.
    — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The absence of the siblings doesn’t matter much either, even though the son will love them hopelessly.
    — Longreads, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Right now, the thought of a single-purpose device like the iPod can feel hopelessly passe.
    — Washington Post, 10 May 2022
  • That figure is hopelessly dated, given the rising cost of new cars.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
  • But anyone who thinks that’s what CTU’s deal is about is hopelessly naive.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The movie’s chief mission is to tear down the walls that, in the film’s rigid schematic, hopelessly divide the gay (male) world.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
  • By the time order was restored, the site had been hopelessly compromised.
    — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • In this young adult romance, Lila Reyes’ summer plans fall hopelessly apart.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
  • That focus on the small things dovetails with the mindsets of the two leads, who seem hopelessly unable to get out of their own heads.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
  • But each was, in his own way, hopelessly afflicted by idealism.
    — Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025

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