How to Use "hopeful" with Example Sentences

1. Last year marked the end of a hopeful era .
2. There are hopeful signs , including birmingham 's improving schools .
3. But I could not share her hopeful view of the sitution .
4. Yet some had still hoped that rio + 20 would be better : greens are necessarily a hopeful lot .
5. Another time , I saw a hopeful newcomer come to the set for some preliminary casting photos .