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Definition of Hopefuls
1. hopeful [n] - See also: hopeful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hopefuls
Literary usage of Hopefuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jungle Days: Being the Experiences of an American Woman Doctor in India by Arley Isabel Munson (1913)
"... XXXII YOUNG hopefuls ALMOST as interesting to me as the hospital were the
schools for boys and girls. When I came to Medak, I could scarcely credit the ..."
2. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1853)
"As for the other hopefuls who sat—not looking very hopefully—behind him, if it
were true that a dissolution would follow the defeat of Government, ..."
3. Zionism and World Politics: A Study in History and Social Psychology by Horace Meyer Kallen (1921)
"The young hopefuls were disillusioned. Alexander II himself repented of his ...
The young Jewish hopefuls discovered, as so many of other races and times ..."
4. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1872)
"The parents wanted to know how the young hopefuls were getting on. The young
hopefuls were clamorous for prizes ; and, indeed, it was a very pleasing ..."
5. The Philosopher in Slippers: Zigzag Views of Life and Society by Frederick Arnold (1890)
"The parents wanted to know how the young hopefuls were getting on. The young
hopefuls were clamorous for prizes j and, indeed, ..."
6. Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, Gertrude Hall Brownell (1898)
"We will sit up there and angle for wigs ! A PICKPOCKET (surrounded by a number
of individuals of dubious appearance.) Come, now, my little hopefuls, ..."
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