intending
Example Sentences
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Recently, I went to the grocery store intending, more or less, to buy ingredients for spaghetti with a weeknight Bolognese.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Wiener campaign described it as “the world’s first AI trained to say no to anything you ask,” intending to highlight her record on housing, transit, and other issues.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
Warsh came to the Fed intending to change how it communicates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
He and six friends had travelled to Chirk by train, intending to travel on to nearby Llangollen, but were advised to visit the castle after realising they could not easily get there.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Then I began to scan the newsfeeds, intending to check out the media frenzy my return to first place was generating.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
