In America nothing sounds more hopeful than a foreign accent.

I didn't really expect they'd be there that quickly, but it was a way to sound hopeful.

I was trying to sound more hopeful than I felt.

She sounded so hopeful and he couldn't figure out why the woman still doubted him.

A male student in back raised his hand, sounding hopeful.

"You will forgive me for saying that it does not sound very hopeful."

He didn't sound hopeful, and of course there wasn't any response.

Still, he sounded almost hopeful that his critics had not gone away.

This sounds really hopeful - thank you for the article George.

Even some of his friends are sounding less than hopeful.