intending

Example Sentences

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After initially intending to remain fully online, Everlane opened a physical store in Soho in 2017, and later added 10 more locations around the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

“Nobody was intending to pre-empt the New Jersey state gaming commission,” he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Maher said he brought with him to the dinner a list of almost five dozen epithets the president had hurled his way over the years, intending to ask Trump to sign it for him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

He proposes to her, intending to change her mind while assuring Betsinger and her loved ones that he isn’t pressuring her.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

She had moved forward in that moment, intending to rush to him, to greet and embrace him.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry