For an instant a feeble hope came to him that this remark, like the others, might be addressed to the dog.

He knew how feeble the hope was, but the child had to have something to live on.

It wasn't even my feeble hope of earning some respect from my father.

Anne was not without a feeble hope that something might come of it after all.

But with no way to get down the sheer walls it offered the only feeble hope.

Any feeble hope that she might have been mistaken died a quick death.

In truth, he harbored but feeble hope of finding Clifton.

I eventually moved to Paris in the feeble hope a new place would mean a fresh start.

Chris paused, his fear building up again, and with it a feeble, futile hope.

He also had a feeble hope that Kensal would leave them once they gained the woods.