Last night, in a hopeful mood, he had packed everything else.

But restoration sites, new stores and sparkling edifices suggest a more hopeful mood.

We left the table and repaired to Ginny's arcanum in a mood tense but hopeful.

Candide's hopeful mood at the end of Chapter 23 is waning.

Kellen's hopeful mood lasted until he reached the kitchens.

She was leaning back in the chair, in a more hopeful mood than she had enjoyed since her marriage.

Either these delays or a natural reaction did a lot to spoil the hopeful mood in which I had started.

This is the holy-grail atmosphere for chefs who tend towards the artist, and it put me in a hopeful mood.

He was not in a very hopeful mood.

Karel, on learning of the morning's message, was in a hopeful mood.