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

We were just at the top of the stairs fixing to go down again, when the first cop stopped quick and I looked to see what he was looking at.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers