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n. (forlorn hope English)
Usage examples of "forlorn hopes".
He edged his way through the crush of men to a point midway between the two Forlorn Hopes.
We will be throwing away all that we had hoped so much from - Southern hot-headed dash, reckless gallantry, spirit of adventure, readiness to lead forlorn hopes.
A Rifle Lieutenant was to lead the Forlorn Hope, but neither he nor his men wore the strained and hopeless look of other Forlorn Hopes.
Although Bridget left the door open a crack in forlorn hopes of coaxing a draught into the room, all the spent heat of the previous day has packed itself tightly into her attic.
One of the more forlorn hopes people had cleaved to during the war was that the Culture would suddenly step in and gently prise the combatants apart, making everything all right again.
Whatever was the truth of the man, plainly he believed himself a fighter and of forlorn hopes - a fighter, back to the wall.
True to the reputation of combat engineers taking foolhardy risks despite forlorn hopes, Heller was going about this one in an orderly way.
He didn't want to raise forlorn hopes in anyone - least of all himself Finally he said: 'To get to such a remote location would take three Dormillion weeks at best.
But he saw that it was good, else, he said, in battle every one would surely run save forlorn hopes and their ilk.