ray of hope

collocation in English

meaningsofrayandhope

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ray
noun
uk
/reɪ/
us
/reɪ/
a narrow beam of light, heat, etc. travelling in a straight line from its place ...
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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 ofrayandhopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofray of hope

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It is their onlyrayofhope.
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There is a faintrayofhope.
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There is onerayofhope.
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That is ourrayofhope.
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There is, however, onerayofhope.
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There is an interestingrayofhope.
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But there was onerayofhope.
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Fortunately, there is onerayofhope.
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There is, therefore, arayofhope.
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I see onerayofhope.
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That is the onerayofhope.
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But there is onerayofhope.
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There is one littlerayofhope.
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There is arayofhope.
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It offers arayofhope.
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There is, however, onerayofhopefor my constituency.
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There was for her norayofhope.
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There is at the moment only onerayofhope.
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In this sombre debate there is arayofhope.
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I can offer more than arayofhope.
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I believe there is still arayofhope.
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There is norayofhopefor the foreseeable future.
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I see only onerayofhope, which is important.
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However, he offered us arayofhope.
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There is arayofhopein all this.
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