fixing to
Example Sentences
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He tells the officers, “We’re fixing to go. This is their last song.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
“I was fixing to go to prison for a really long time for something that I didn’t even do, just because he was mad over his mistakes, over things that he had done,” she said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
"I'm lost. I'm really lost. End of school's fixing to be here, she ain't gonna be there. I mean she's gone," he said.
From BBC ● May 2, 2023
It was a bright, beautiful afternoon, and the great Bob Gibson was fixing to pitch for the visiting Cardinals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
They had one cop who was a brother but he was trailing behind and looked like he was fixing to run any minute.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
