good intention

Example Sentences

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The Gulf trio "led a long, frantic, diplomatic last-minute effort to convince President Trump to give Iran a chance to show good intention", the official said on condition of anonymity, adding that dialogue was continuing.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

“What you’re seeing is a growing gap between the reality of everyday people and those who, with good intention, want to work on their behalf,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

Police departments establish these squads with a good intention: addressing a genuine crime problem.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

The technology may have started out with good intention, but it evolved into something else.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2022

These encouragements, though at bottom, perhaps, as I shall endeavour to show hereafter, altogether illusory, sufficiently demonstrate at least the good intention of the legislature to favour agriculture.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain