Example Sentences

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Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

The online star, who has more than 20m YouTube subscribers, intendeds to sue Paradise for defamation for the "irreparable damages" to his reputation.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2021

The setting is Naples, and old philosopher Don Alfonso bets the boys that their intendeds are fallible.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2014

Her sketch of a sojourn upon the Lioness Range is not tempting: young gentlemen who intend leading brides to the deadly peninsula should hide the book from their fair intendeds.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and desert their chosen intendeds for my sake?'

From Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles