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

“It was done with a good intention, with a good heart. ... Right now, I’m fronting the money for Mickey to get him out of this emergency situation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Not even the matriarchal link at the story’s center feels satisfying, its good intention strangled by the plotty chaos.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

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

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2022

The latter led him out with like good intention behind the nearest gooseberry-bushes, and asked him in his firm way, which always held an assertion as a question,– "Something has happened to thee?"

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul