By this time, however, Odoacer had to have lost all hope of victory.

Most men can be brave if they have some hope of life or victory.

They no longer have even a dim hope of victory on this western front.

Would you fight for a cause that had little hope of victory in your lifetime?

As a newcomer he has only a modest hope of victory.

The only hope of victory lay in bringing back a rescue force.

Which means they must still be entertaining a hope of victory.

That way gives no hope of either honor or victory.

There was no hope of victory now, only an honorable death in battle.

It must move toward the political center or abandon all hope of victory.