How to Use hopelessly in a Sentence

hopelessly

adverb
Definition of hopelesslynext
  • But both of these shows are hopelessly retro — in all the wrong ways.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024
  • But my dad was deeply, hopelessly in love with the cruise lifestyle.
    — Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 10 July 2017
  • But my dad was deeply, hopelessly in love with the cruise lifestyle.
    — Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 10 July 2017
  • The lines between work and home are hopelessly blurred.
    — Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The 2018 version of Goldschmidt looks hopelessly lost at the plate.
    — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 20 May 2018
  • Predictably, the song soon got hopelessly stuck in my head.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Over the next month, Fjellhøy falls hopelessly in love.
    — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
  • As the night marched on, images and sounds in two far-flung cities tumbled hopelessly out of sync.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Meanwhile, the state crime lab was hopelessly backed up.
    — Susan Spencer, CBS News, 6 July 2024
  • Right now, the thought of a single-purpose device like the iPod can feel hopelessly passe.
    — Washington Post, 10 May 2022
  • When you’re hopelessly lost, a paper map — the more detailed the better — will save you.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2019
  • The place was a golf course—in other words, hopelessly uncool.
    — Darrell Hartman, WSJ, 1 July 2021
  • The absence of the siblings doesn’t matter much either, even though the son will love them hopelessly.
    — Longreads, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Keep watching to laugh with me, cry with me and fall hopelessly in love with me… and probably with more than one man.
    — Becca Kufrin, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2018
  • Since then, the club’s 12-19 record had knocked it hopelessly behind the Rays for the division title.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Iman is a good man, but even a good man can be hopelessly corrupted.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • And even the hopelessly optimistic Griffin had to know that the Davis pitch was little more than a hoops Hail Mary.
    — Jeff Duncan, nola.com, 21 June 2019
  • Some don’t mind the hopelessly wrinkled fitted sheet that comes with linen.
    — Kelsey Keith, Curbed, 23 Aug. 2018
  • When their hair begins to fall out, many people hopelessly look for ways to slow down the process and promote more hair growth.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The couple fall hopelessly in love and have a secret affair.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
  • At once over-the-top and hopelessly drab, the brown suit was the worst impulses of fashion rendered real.
    — Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The entire cast is stacked, and features Christian Bale as the hopelessly in love Laurie.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 July 2022
  • The woman fought hopelessly to gain control over Jasper.
    — Susanne Craig, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021
  • In the show, Orpheus (Killian Scott) is just as hopelessly in love with Riddy and is a famous singer.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But the idea that only a few players will make money seems hopelessly naïve.
    — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • As the men guide Combs to walk alongside them, Diddy’s entourage looks on hopelessly.
    — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The iconic gull-wing doors had a habit of becoming hopelessly stuck.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 19 Oct. 2017
  • How perfect, then, that in a game in which the Rangers trailed hopelessly, Chapman pitched a perfect eighth Wednesday?
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • When shown down the line by defenders, his shots are sliced hopelessly with his weaker left.
    — Michael Cox, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • But if ransomware was involved, that still leaves your files hopelessly encrypted.
    — PCMAG, 23 Jan. 2025

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