intend
verb (used with object)
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan.
have been intending
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present perfect progressiveof intend.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The 2016 Pac-12 uneven bars co-champion could have been intending to complete a double-back on floor — a backflip with two rotations in the air — but would instead land after one flip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
He told the Associated Press that Zuma's relationship with Khoza was not necessarily adulterous, as he may have been intending to marry her.
From Time ● Feb. 4, 2010
I will write a book I have been intending to do, and it will avoid personalities and controversies.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the other hand, Agee may simply have been intending all along to hold RCA stock in hopes of profiting from a future rise in price.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dear Frank: For some time past I have been intending to write to you, but I have delayed for no good reason.
From Making His Way Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward by Horatio Alger
