as intended

idiom

: in the way that has been planned

If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.

Examples of as intended in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The screen pass to Jerick McKinnon worked as intended. —Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024

These faulty injections, called extravasations, deposit radioactivity at the injection site rather than into the bloodstream as intended. —Pam Kohl and Bill Kiser, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024

After his family experienced a serious auto accident several years ago, former NFL cornerback Shawn Springs was relieved to find the vehicle’s airbags worked as intended. —Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024

The zippers are difficult to distinguish and didn't work as intended in our tests. —Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024

Using the mouse as intended (situated at the bottom of the keyboard) was still a little clunky for me, but using the slim wrist rest (sold separately) did help reclaim some of my desk space lost by the depth of the mouse. —PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024

Hollywood skewering Hollywood doesn't always play as intended, but this action comedy is audacious in portraying the pretensions of show business. —Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023

The first reversal came earlier this month when Apple meekly agreed to let home screen web apps continue functioning as intended on iPhones. —David Meyer, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024

Every thread, every stitch, is laid by hand, precisely as intended. —Grace Edquist, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024