Sitting in jail, Roy felt that his situation was hopeless without the slightest possibility that he would ever see the light of day.

Gary is a famous writer who at one point in his life believed that his writing skills were truly hopeless.

Just when things seemed hopeless, we stumbled across a pay phone and were able to call for help.

Michelle encouraged her mother not to consider her situation hopeless because one day she would be released from the hospital.

Frank spent years searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence in the cosmos, but finally declared the search hopeless.