How to Use intended in a Sentence

intended

adjective

• The book failed to reach its intended audience.
• The intended victim did not fall for the scam and was not out of any funds.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
• The home next to Brazil's may have been the intended target, the sheriff said.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2022
• First things first: What is the intended purpose for your new 15- to 16-inch laptop?
  — Stewart Wolpin, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2023
• It's believed no one in the boy's home was the intended target, Pontecore said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2022
• But none of them were the intended target, Worley said.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• But many of the changes obfuscate the intended meaning.
  — Holly Thomas, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
• This news has the intended effect: All the women start freaking out that the same thing will happen to them.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2022
• Its age shows in places, and it doesn’t get used so much for its intended purpose anymore.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2022
• The messages didn’t have the intended effect on Wallach.
  — Wired, 28 July 2022
• This can happen even when the person or group is not the intended target of the exclusion.
  — Rene Nunez, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2022
• The intended end results are the same as ever, but the method of getting there is different.
  — David Nield, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2023
• Trevor Boucher with some great coverage to jump in front of the intended target and knock that play dead.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
• But the intended buyer of a car like this is not looking for value for money.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 6 May 2023
• So that’s part of the dark side of the technology, even for people who use it for its intended purpose.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2023
• Kingsbury said the play design was perfect, except the intended target on the pass play, Greg Dortch, slipped and fell.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
• Jaylon, who would have turned 14 on May 27, was not the intended target, police said.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 23 Sep. 2022
• The look includes cream antlers running up the side of the jersey and shorts, with the intended effect of a buck charging at its opponent.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2022
• It's now being used among teens, but not for its intended purpose.
  — Kristina Behr, Parents, 23 Feb. 2024
• However, the ad became the brunt of social media jokes about foot fetishes, perhaps not the intended goal of the ad.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
• Gerald and Dorie love being able to use the space for its intended purpose, but Dorie says the best thing about their house is how much their grandkids love it.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 11 Aug. 2022
• The older two victims were not the intended target, police said.
  — Fox News, 21 July 2022
• The two Celtics ended up on the floor, causing Joel Embiid, the intended recipient of the pass, to attempt to jump up over them.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• Some throws, including his very first pass, were short, skipping to the intended target.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
• The company also offers new and made-to-order products, so when scouring the site be sure to select the intended item type in the search menu.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2022
• In my view, emergency funds should not be tapped to close budget gaps but saved for their intended purpose.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
• Not only did the number of intended majors decrease over the years, but the number of graduates did, too.
  — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 8 July 2022
• What to Consider Kayaks come in varying shapes and sizes, each with an intended purpose.
  — Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022
• Police believe a man in Randell's car was the intended target.
  — CBS News, 21 Apr. 2023
• The intended victim was an activist for Sikh independence.
  — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024