How to use intend in a sentence

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• Stevie intends to burp the alphabet at the school talent show.From the entry burp
• It was an unfortunate slip of the tongue, and he did not intend it that way.From the entry slip of the tongue
• The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.From the entry beget
• Things haven't turned out as I intended they should, but I still intend that you shall take over the business.From the entry shall
• I think they intend to stick up the bank.From the entry stick up
• After we leave the quarry, we intend to afforest the land and turn it into a nature reserve.From the entry afforest
• The prosecution intends to prove that the defendant had foreknowledge.From the entry foreknowledge
• The defense argues that he went into a blind rage and did not intend to kill his girlfriend.From the entry blind rage
• I figure this car has a few more years left in it and I intend to run it into the ground before purchasing another.From the entry run into the ground
• And we intend to develop this cooperation further,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ahead of the meeting.2025 January 18, Nimi Princewill, “Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?”, in CNN. From the entry Central African Republic
• What they intend sickens and frightens them, and they can never speak of it directly.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 9. From the entry aporia
• How you store your dried herbs and flowers depends on how you intend to use them.2014, The Ultimate Dehydrator Cookbook. From the entry vacuum pack
• And we intend to benefit from this as an environment – as a neighborship.2010 February 10, Hanspeter Spek, President, Global Operations, “Sanofi-Aventis Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript”, in Seeking Alpha…. From the entry neighborship
• He didn't intend to swive her here in the tiltyard, did he?2008, Sarah McKerrigan, Lady Danger. From the entry swive
• Dimension an array to hold only as much data as you intend to put into it.2002, James D. Foxall, Wendy Haro-Chun, SAMS Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours, page 268. From the entry dimension
• Ratfolk males don't yell and threaten and promise massive bloodshed unless they intend to deliver.2002, Glen Cook, Angry Lead Skies: A Garrett, P.I., Novel, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry ratfolk
• The gestor, ie the plaintiff, did not intend to serve the dominus, ie the defendants.2001, Maritime Motors (PTY) LTD v Von Steiger and another, 2001 (2) SA 584 (SE) @ 600. From the entry mala fide
• If you intend to work primarily in one field, that approach would be reasonable.2000, Amy Einsohn, The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, University of California Press…. From the entry jill of all trades
• They have been striving towards establishing a new country on a small island they intend to build.1999 November 15, Diplomatic Agent, “Oceania”, in alt.politics.micronations (Usenet). From the entry new country project
• Design your mobile water supply apparatus around the chassis that you intend to use.1991 April 1, Gene P. Carlson, “NFPA 1903: Mobile Water Supply Apparatus”, in Fire Engineering. From the entry overspecify
• This homophobic world does not intend to let the straight world know any of the real facts.1975 December 13, Regina Kahney, Sarah Montgomery, “Everyone's Favorite Mother”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 24, page 13. From the entry wall of silence
• P-N5 BxP Clearly, Duras intends to have his fun with this duffer.1963 March, Walter Korn, “The Finishing Touch”, in Chess Review. From the entry duffer
• We intend to make notes of all the values and chiefly of the big ones.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry soft
• Bill intends to file a charge of "catslaughter" against the villian when caught.1929, Southern Pacific Bulletin. From the entry catslaughter
• In the interest of greater economy, we intend giving up interstitching the layers of canvas.1916, Rudolf Gahl, Mining and Metallurgy, Volumes 115-120. From the entry interstitch
• "I say, I did not intend to pry into personals, really," he protested.1909, Edwin Balmer, Waylaid by Wireless: A Suspicion, a Warning, a Sporting Proposition, and a Transatlantic Pursuit, page 113. From the entry personals
• Letter up a tabbed folder for each different catalog you intend to issue.1907, Joseph Meadon, Walter Lawrence Tobey, The Graphic Arts and Crafts Year Book. From the entry tabbed
• Secretary Brower intends to lay down the law and make delinquents walk turkey.1907, Typographical Journal - Volume 31, page 62. From the entry walk turkey
• Tori Johnson, 25, is unvaccinated and said she did not intend to immunize her two daughters, 7-year-old Liliana and 9-month-old Rosalina.2022 June 18, Apoorva Mandavilli, “Vaccines for Young Children Are Coming, but Many Parents Have Tough Questions”, in The New York Times…. From the entry Rosalina
• But he gave me the job, and I intend to pay him back by delivering what he needs."2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 55. From the entry prerogative
• Zuism is defined as an international religious movement which intends to represent all the groups professing Sumerian-Mesopotamian religions.2019, Chris Allaun, Upperworld: Shamanism and Magick of the Celestial Realms, Mandrake of Oxford, →ISBN. From the entry Zuism
• The president evidently intends to follow his own misguided calculus.2017 May 31, Todd Stern, “Leaving the Paris Agreement Would Be Indefensible”, in The Atlantic. From the entry indefensible
• Summing up, the designed buildings' generic ontology intends to establish a generalist organization for edified structures, based on the CityGML standard.2016, Telmo Adão, Luís Magalhães, Emanuel Peres, Ontology-based Procedural Modelling of Traversable Buildings Composed by Arbitrary…. From the entry edified
• “China does not intend to pursue militarization,” Mr.2016 August 8, David E. Sanger, Rick Gladstone, “New Photos Cast Doubt on China’s Vow Not to Militarize Disputed Islands”, in The New York…. From the entry Nansha
• They know that most players intend to rob them blind, but don't understand how the successful ones are doing it.2014 March 28, Michael Deutschmann, “Re: WhichDevTeam-enabled actions seem like cheating to you?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack…. From the entry Watsonian
• But Johnson says he knows the score and intends to approach the challenges ahead with a strong sense of realism.2013 January 23, Chris Hewett, “Get ready for the greatest rugby show in the northern hemisphere”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 26 Jun 2014. From the entry chase rainbows
• It's the last time for the foreseeable future that Nicki Minaj, who guest-raps on it, intends to collaborate with another artist.2012 February 22, Caroline Sullivan, “Musicians, stop collaborating please!”, in The Guardian. From the entry collab

Meaning of intend

1. verb To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon.
2. verb To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
3. verb To stretch to extend; distend.

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Questions about intend in a sentence

How do you use intend in a sentence?

Intend is used as a verb. For example: “He intends to go to university.”

What is a short sentence with intend?

“They evidently intended some mischief.”

What does intend mean?

Intend means to fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon.