Doubtfully, wondering that she betrayed so little surprise, he pursued as one committed to a forlorn hope: "It's vitally essential that I leave this hotel without it becoming known.
It does not become the leader of a forlorn hope to cast a shade over the spirits of his men at the very outset.
If reckless, I cannot be foolish, according to your own showing; for I have heard you give it as your opinion that recklessness is one of the most essential elements in the leaders of a forlorn hope.
At least those who were to lead the way did not; and this admirable quality of total indifference to prospective dangers is that which, to a great extent, insures success in a forlorn hope.
They were impulsive, impetuous, and recklessly brave in battle, and were the men to storm breastworks and rush to the cannon's mouth at the head of a "forlorn hope.
It is a species of forlorn hope; discovery means death.
Red Saunders said that Scraggsy looked like a forlorn hope lost in a fog, but when you came to cash in on that basis it was most astonishing.
Illustration: "Scraggsy looked like a forlorn hope lost in a fog.
There is no telling how much this result was contributed to by General Lew Wallace's leading what might well be considered almost a forlorn hope.
The Courier, and the papers which united with it in the support of Fusion, were pounding away on a forlorn hope, thanks to Shaughnessy's masterly checkmate.
At the very outset the recollection of a childhood saddened by the frequent sight of a woman in tears; a woman with a pale, worn face and eyes that held the inexpressible pathos of a forlorn hope deferred, his mother.
It's a forlorn hope, but everybody must keep his eyes open, that's all.
Because it is a sort of forlorn hope that I don't care to advocate until absolute necessity arises.
In that case, we shall have to resort to my forlorn hope," he said.
If this, the highest distinction which public appreciation had yet tendered him should prove a forlorn hope, his sense of duty would no more permit hesitation than in the assumption of more cheaply-earned honors.
There was little inducement, had he consulted selfish considerations, to relinquish a high position, already secured, and become the leader of a forlorn hope.
It was esteemed a forlorn hope, therefore an obligation of honor not to decline the invitation.
Those are very much mistaken who think that the occupation of promoting or taking part in a forlorn hope is a pastime to which persons disinclined to business or honest industry, betake themselves.
Their ever being anything else is with me a forlorn hope, while yet, as I can do no better, I continue in my course of life to act as if I really had a strong hope of immense improvement for the good of all.
We packed away eight men and their baggage in the "Forlorn Hope.
About the first of September the doctor and seven volunteers started in the boat "Forlorn Hope" to see the more northern shore-line.
We took from under a cliff of the cape the boat "Forlorn Hope," which Dr.
The League ended, as it began, in its character of Forlorn Hope.
For it was to be a fighting, not a talking Society that the League was designed, even if it were a forlorn hope.
It represents to us the heroism of a forlorn hope, the glory of unselfish sacrifice, the success of failure.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forlorn hope" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
