INTENTION in a Sentence

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260 example sentences for INTENTION, such as:

1. Hell is paved with good intentions.
2. And I have no intention of mending them.
3. I had completely misread his intentions.
4. His plan is incompatible with my intentions.
5. And she had no intention of stopping her trips.

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 Meanings and Examples of INTENTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
intention
 n.  motive; with respect to marriage; aim that guides action
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Scarlett had no intention of leaving, no intention of placing herself where she could not have the first news of Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  And she arose the next morning with the fixed intention of packing her trunk immediately after breakfast.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  But outnumbering these by far were men who, though carried on company rolls as deserters, had no intention of deserting permanently.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  And I have no intention of mending them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  It had been her intention to send Pork out with the horse and wagon, the gold pieces and the United States money to scour the countryside for provisions and material for clothes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
6  Scarlett certainly had no intention of feeding another mouth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
7  Scarlett, who had no intention of crying, beamed at him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
8  Archie thought, and frequently said, that Grandpa was an old bag of wind and Archie had no intention of letting him insult Miss Melanie's husband, even if Miss Melanie's husband was talking like a fool.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
9  And she had no intention of stopping her trips.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
10  Unable to agree with the Gentlemen's Glee Club as to the program for their next recital, the ladies had waited on Melanie that afternoon and announced their intention of withdrawing completely from the Musical Circle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
11  I have no intention of discussing your soul's welfare any further.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
12  She had promised to marry him when she had had no intention of promising.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
13  Lily had no intention of taking advantage of her aunt's good nature.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
14  She no longer meant to destroy them: that intention had been effaced by the quick corrosion of Mrs. Peniston's words.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
15  She had no immediate intention of repeating to Lily what she had heard, or even of trying to ascertain its truth by means of discreet interrogation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
Example Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
16  I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it, I instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm.
17  The Syrian government, which is under intense scrutiny by Western nations and even the Arab league for human rights atrocities, was quick to clarify that it had no intention of using its massive stockpile of chemical weapons on civilians.
18  He dissimulated his intentions right up to the moment of the attack.
19  No words can be the disguise of base intentions.
20  The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
21  I had completely misread his intentions.
22  Hell is paved with good intentions.
23  Trade having been done, they settled to take the meal, to eat, to indicate their good intentions.
24  His plan is incompatible with my intentions.
25  Thus, it is difficult for children to relate the task to their own communicative intentions.
26  These people have good intentions to make a profit, but they are too greedy, which is why we have regulation.
27  Their actions were in conformity with their declared intentions.
28  This year, following the fall of one of the festival's most high-profile regulars, Harvey Weinstein, the event's ingrained sexism was scrutinised and criticised more intently than ever.
29  It was their intent to micromanage the issues, to become part of the process.
30  She was intent on pursuing a career in business.