Synonym: absorbed, aim, captive, design, engrossed, enwrapped, intention, purport, purpose, spirit, wrapped. Similar words: intend, intense, intensity, sentence, maintenance, enter into, intervention, a bone of contention. Meaning: [ɪn'tent] n. 1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions 2. the intended meaning of a communication. adj. giving or marked by complete attention to.
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61. They are not merely abstract theory or pious statements of intent that look good posted on the staff notice board.
62. At Guinness, these principles constitute our Strategic Intent. you have already seen the first part of that intent.
63. Largely as a result of these influential criticisms, the law was altered so that the requirement of intent was abrogated.
64. The Protestant yeomanry still rode around the countryside intent on driving home the lessons of 1798: Rebellion will be punished!
65. She left the track without a backward look, intent on hiding in the hotel suite until Ace returned to rescue her.
66. Work / family programs are typically benevolent in intent but difficult to justify in business terms.
67. How could the silly chit have so mistaken his intent?
68. For a government intent on curbing the growth of public spending, social security presented a large target.
69. Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha
70. MacPherson, of Elmstone Gardens, Hemlington, was convicted of assault with intent to rob.
71. After all, the best comedy has a serious intent, and Forsyth clearly wants to evoke more than just laughter.
72. It also would increase criminal penalties for possession of methamphetamine-related chemicals or equipment with the intent to manufacture the drug.
73. Mr Mieno is still talking and acting tough because he is intent on bursting the speculative bubbles in shares and property.
74. The couple held hands, the hearing officer remembered, and seemed intent on resolving the issue short of a criminal prosecution.
75. His voice was cultured Oxbridge, and the grim intent in that voice made Cardiff and Pearce stand obediently aside.
76. The precise reasoning behind the apparent intent to inflict fatalities and casualties among the civilian population in Britain is far from clear.
77. He stumbled with vengeful intent through wide, open-topped courtyards and along covered, low-ceilinged walkways.
78. If you are intent on sorting out the problem, take courage and talk to your boss privately about his/her aggressive behaviour.
79. Pockets were emptied of loose change, parcels scanned as if for a malignant tumour and handbags rifled for evidence of evil intent. Sentencedict.com
80. Some women who come from exactly the same culture with the same intent go through absolute hell.
81. His best work is done far in advance, and he is intent on broadening his base.
82. The cricketer himself seems intent on something earlier; back on the ball by June.
83. And the war was portrayed not only as criminal in intent but also as criminal in conduct.
84. Rubio, now 57, was convicted in 1972 of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
85. A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake
86. She has probably come to some wrong conclusions about his intent.
87. Casabona, of no fixed address, denies kidnapping, attempted murder and administering poison with intent on March 20 last year.
88. The police did not prove any intent on the part of the possessor to use it to cause injury.
89. Their intent is to seek a court order to stop the tax collection.
90. A jury in Sacramento convicted Vernon Watts of cocaine possession with intent to distribute but acquitted him of a firearms charge.
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