intending

Example Sentences

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Leaving flight transponders on "is likely deliberate", said UK drone expert Dr Steve Wright, with the US intending to send "a clear message it has eyes in the sky to maintain the squeeze".

From BBC • May 20, 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

Coogler's rapid ascent onto Hollywood's A list was hardly likely back when he was intending to major in chemistry at college.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

I went straight to Michael and said, 'Look, I was never intending to upset you'.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“I was not intending to steal your pipe!”

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo