Other times, the cause of this hopeless feeling can be difficult to see to the outside observer: "He had everything to live for."

He had a sudden hopeless feeling within him; he went back to the house.

This sad, hopeless feeling just can't go on.

All three shut behind me, and it gives me a hopeless feeling: I'm never going to see the outside world again.

Is there hope or just a hopeless feeling?

A hopeless feeling began to grow in him.

He was overwhelmed by sudden and hopeless feelings of in- feriority.

It gave Malia a bit of a hopeless feeling, frustrated that she was unable to help her daughter.

But she realized with a hopeless feeling the 737's throttles were still full forward.

"There is a kind of hopeless feeling here," Miss Faulkner said.