How to Use intent in a Sentence

intent

1 of 2 noun

• The intent of the law is to protect consumers.
• He was charged with assault with intent to kill.
• She thinks I'm trying to make things difficult for her, but that's not my intent.
• Fain said the union’s intent is not to strike but to get a fair agreement.
  — Fatima Hussein, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2023
• Whatever the intent, the result, staffers say, has been chaos.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• Its original intent was to sort of be a deal with the states and the localities.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• And what was the intent of getting the Caucus together?
  — Roger Huang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Whiting cast doubt on that story and said Davis likely went to the home with the intent to harm his mother.
  — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 17 Feb. 2024
• Each event needs to be open to the public and should have the intent of allowing voters to meet the candidate.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2023
• The intent behind the bill was to make daylight saving time permanent starting in the spring of 2023.
  — Diba Mohtasham, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
• First, the courts look at whether Congress expressed a clear intent to do something or to not do something.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
• The intent with those movies is to reach as broad an audience as possible.
  — Time, 11 July 2023
• These systems push air through buildings, but with the intent to heat or cool, not to disinfect.
  — Jennifer Nuckles, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• The bill will next head to the Senate, and President Joe Biden has affirmed his intent to sign, if post chambers pass it.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
• The University of Virginia story was not a failure of intent, or an attempt to be loose with the facts.
  — David Marchese, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• The sale was inked in June, over a year after Carlsberg announced its intent, with details of the buyer and the purchase amount left undisclosed.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
• That was only a diversion; Ezra’s real intent was to have the Purrgil grab Thrawn’s ship and teleport them… elsewhere.
  — William Goodman, Men's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
• The new bill does not support any buffer zone and opposes the intent for any withdrawal.
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023
• Chau’s driving intent to share the Christian Gospel with this remote tribe, sequestered from the rest of the world for thousands of years, was met with fatal arrows.
  — Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• This year, Princess Calla, presumed dead, enters the contest in disguise, with the intent to overthrow her uncle, King Kasa.
  — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2023
• His kitchen has been in Gaza since March, with the intent to bring food aid to starving people in northern Gaza via a maritime corridor from Cyprus.
  — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
• And while the intent may be positive, the approach can cause unnecessary spirals of fear, guilt, or doubt.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2023
• But right now, the intent is to really go after the ByteDance-TikTok dynamic and make some headway there.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
• Universal spent $400 million on rights to the franchise with the intent of starting a new trilogy.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
• When Grosz opened the restaurant in June 2001, the intent was to give his staff an opportunity to find its footing by the theater’s fall season.
  — Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
• But while the bill’s overall intent didn’t change, AI technology did — and rapidly.
  — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2023
• The judge noted that the plaintiffs were not able to demonstrate intent of discrimination based on race.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• The final two acts served as something like Madonna’s statements of intent — to provoke, to enrich, to confound.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
• The man got ahold of a glass container—a Coke bottle, perhaps, or a glass vial for plasma—and broke it with the intent of harming others, himself or both.
  — Aaron Stern, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
• The state retirement fund made public its intent to sell the property in April 2022, The Sacramento Bee first reported.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024

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intent

2 of 2 adjective

• For a young man intent on changing the world, there couldn’t have been a better choice.
  — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• That seems to be what the error-prone Fed is intent on giving us.
  — Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 4 May 2023
• Well, the city of Los Angeles seems intent on proving the court wrong.
  — Seth Stern, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2024
• His lawyer, Kate Hardie, told the jury the only question was intent.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The pastor had daughters who used to come up to the fence to talk to us, intent on laying out the reasons we were bound for hell.
  — Justin E. H. Smith, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• Craig had gained six yards and five yards on consecutive carries as the 49ers were intent on killing the clock.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Klein was intent on shoring them up, mother and daughter.
  — Ellen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• Like the dormant insect, the Locust has reemerged, intent on destroying the world.
  — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Fred Mitchell started to put on a pair of rain boots, intent on saving a wooden desk in his muddy garage.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Windom told the court that Lemley had been intent on going to Richmond.
  — James Verini, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• Why, at this point in his career, is Lloyd Webber so intent on telling this story?
  — Vulture, 25 Mar. 2023
• For their part, the filmmakers are intent on a proper release in the U.S., whether in theaters or on streaming.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
• The Jets are a real threat, and as coach Robert Saleh put it recently, are intent on enjoying it.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
• So, why is everyone intent on making plans, for trips far away from home?
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 6 July 2023
• And instead of moving on from Green, the Warriors appear intent on keeping him.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2023
• For now, analysts said, Mr. Putin seems intent on pinning the mutiny solely on Mr. Prigozhin.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 28 June 2023
• Despite all that, the living are still intent on keeping their secrets.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024
• Most of the bills are still being drafted and only include intent language.
  — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2023
• Good luck to Biles — and to all the gymnasts intent on proving their age matters less than their mind, maturity and will.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• Despite the cringy heavy metal marketing, O’Shea was still intent on joining the band.
  — Derek Scancarelli, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• But not to worry, as the bookstore worker is intent on getting rid of anyone standing in his way.
  — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 12 Mar. 2023
• Xi may also be intent on demonstrating to Putin that if there is a new world order, then China will lead it.
  — Robyn Dixon, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
• The Chiefs entered last offseason intent on discussing a long-term contract with Hill.
  — Adam Kilgore, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
• Danny is intent on making sure that Eli finds that moment with Laura.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
• The production intent version of the Gemini pack will use cobalt-free and anode-free manganese cells.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Hair tousled, eyes intent, Damon stares at the camera and insists that Jordan is the only one at the table who matters.
  — Noah Berlatsky, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
• The circumstances are absurd and bleak, but Goorjian was intent on finding a light, affirming tone for the story.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
• Michael Dorf, the founder of City Winery, the network of 14 restaurant-wineries with live music in 11 cities, was intent on reusing an old property for a new location in the area.
  — Sal Cataldi, New York Times, 27 July 2023
• Also, Wicker is intent on avoiding a mass roster churn like Colorado did last year when Deion Sanders was hired and brought in more than 80 new players.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
• As her fame grew, Holiday would face more than the prejudices of the day — federal and local government agencies were intent on diminishing her stature as a public figure.
  — Paul Alexander, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024