Examples of intending in a Sentence
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Some of those arrested had acknowledged involvement in the brawl but all denied intending to kill Deranque, according to Lyon prosecutor Thierry Dran.
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Baker struck a tone of rebuke and accountability, while defense attorneys focused on disputing prosecutors’ assertion that the students went to campus intending to cause destruction.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
Donlon came into office intending to examine evidence storage in the NYPD warehouses.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
Some countries, including Brazil, are seemingly intending to impose retaliatory tariffs back onto the U.S., thus raising concerns of a far-reaching trade war.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
Location descriptions are painful, like notes that a more fluent writer would plug in fully intending to come back to on a second draft.
—Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 1 June 2023
The challenges Isbell’s faced growing up with well intending but very young parents.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Baker struck a tone of rebuke and accountability, while defense attorneys focused on disputing prosecutors’ assertion that the students went to campus intending to cause destruction.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
Donlon came into office intending to examine evidence storage in the NYPD warehouses.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
Some countries, including Brazil, are seemingly intending to impose retaliatory tariffs back onto the U.S., thus raising concerns of a far-reaching trade war.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
Location descriptions are painful, like notes that a more fluent writer would plug in fully intending to come back to on a second draft.
—Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 1 June 2023
The challenges Isbell’s faced growing up with well intending but very young parents.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023
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“Intending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intending. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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