vain hope
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvainandhope
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vain
adjective
uk/veɪn/us/veɪn/
unsuccessful; of ...
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hope
noun[C or U]
uk/həʊp/us/hoʊp/
something good that you want to happen in the future, or a confident feeling about what will happen in ...
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(Definition ofvainandhopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvain hope
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This is avainhope.
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That is avainhope.
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But it seems avainhopethat decent performing texts would somehow radically change the general view of opera history.
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It was avainhope, of course.
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This may be avainhope.
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I think that is avainhope.
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Will that be avainhope?
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But perhaps that is avainhope.
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I should not call it avainhope.
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We know, today, that this was avainhope.
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I think that it will be avainhope.
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Is it avainhopethat we will have ceased our fascination with controversy, and instead hand out the accolades to the champions of co-operation?
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That may be avainhope, but one lives in expectation.
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I hope that that is not avainhopeand that we can get some action.
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They remained there in thevainhopeof returning to the pits.
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I was a little surprised that he thought that that was avainhope.
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That is avainhope, utterly without any foundation or probability.
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The mines were subsidised in thevainhopeof achieving profitability.
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Unfortunately, you are perhaps right and it has been avainhope.
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They should be given a time when they know they will be treated, rather than avainhope.
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I refer to the past primarily in thevainhopethat perhaps one can get things right for the future.
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He cannot get away with doling out a little conscience money in thevainhopeof buying peace.
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I suspect that that is avainhope, given the reluctance of some member states to make any concessions.
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It would be far more effective than buying shares in thevainhopeof obtaining sensitive information in that way.
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They were always told to keep down prices in thevainhopeof persuading other publicans to reduce the price of beer.
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