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

I met him the way you meet most things that matter in Los Angeles — without intending to.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 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

The bureaucrats were not intending to create writing.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann