"It will be a very long time before I stop hoping he'll be back."

And I never stopped hoping they could make something happen.

I had to stop hoping that something would happen.

And there's nothing to be done about it now, of course, but you can't stop hoping.

It would be so much worse when you had to stop hoping.

His voice caught when he added, "She never stopped hoping things would turn out all right."

He stopped at the theater hoping we'd still be there.

But we've got to stop hoping and get down to work.

"But that doesn't mean I'll stop hoping for the best."

I had to stop hoping so much that a ship would rescue me.