But despite the problems, the talks will begin on a hopeful note.

For a moment, his voice took on a more hopeful note.

Anyway, on that nostalgic and hopeful note I will sign off.

His December report was the first one in several years to sound a hopeful note.

The only hopeful note was that they had seen no searchers.

They bake their own bread, so the evening starts on a hopeful note.

Braddock got a hopeful note in his voice at last.

Their biography was supposed to end on a hopeful note.

On a hopeful note, he added, "People will see some immediate benefits before the end of the year."

Both the hopeful note and the warning involved men named Blair.