intending

Example Sentences

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The Information Commissioner's Office said it was not intending to start a criminal investigation "at this time", but added: "We continue to remind all healthcare organisations about the importance of keeping patient data secure."

From BBC • May 15, 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

Then I left the castle, intending to seek the mallow root I had promised for Elnora’s medicine.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein