fixing to
Example Sentences
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Baroness Casey will deliver her first tough assessment of the problems that need fixing to an audience of health and care professionals at a conference in Windsor on Thursday afternoon.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
It’s 2025, and Mauna Loa is fixing to blow, something that can be very destructive: the 1868 eruption killed 77 Hawaiians and brought landslides and a tsunami.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024
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
“Florence,” said Gabriel, “please don’t go. Please don’t go. You ain’t really fixing to go and leave her like this?”
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
