intent

Example Sentences

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Hadn’t Jesus—and here my reading became intent indeed—hadn’t Jesus been defeated as utterly and unarguably as our little group and our small plans had been?

From Literature

Separately on Tuesday, four executives signaled to the SEC their intent to sell company stock.

From Barron's

The National Defense Strategy includes provisions for maintaining a resource-sustainable approach to countering Islamic terrorists with focused capability on organizations possessing both the intent and ability to strike the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Notably, after long “wrestling with this decision,” Daines announced his intent a scant two minutes after the deadline passed for candidates to put their names on the ballot.

From Los Angeles Times

“Because my husband thought the raccoon was behaving with foreign intent, like the raccoon was a spy or something. It was just stupid.”

From Los Angeles Times