hope against all hope

We can hope against all hope that the commander's search is successful.

He hoped against all hope that there was another chance at truth and knowledge out there somewhere.

I had hoped against all hope that it wouldn't come to this, that I'd be able to identify and fix the problem without having to speak to her.

Then they pushed forward, along the broken trail the Khieevi had left behind them, hoping against all hope that Thariinye was still all right.

That is why we put forward our amendment and hope against all hope that Labour may see the light and vote with us on our amendment.

No, we must make haste to the Mustering Chamber, and hope against all hope that the three somehow elude-the enemy until we are victorious."

She laid a finger along the doorframe and rolled it for- ward a millimeter at a time, pressing, hoping against all hope the latch had not caught.

Now Theido crouched with his knights and listened to the water sloshing and splashing by them as they slid along the brush covered banks, hoping against all hope that they would not be heard or seen passing beneath the walls.

She hoped against all hope that mayhap Nicolaes would see his own treachery in its true light and turn from it before it was too late, or that God would give her some unmistakable sign of what He willed her to do.