5 sentences with 'intentions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word intentions and other words derived from it.
• « Spinoza took the ideas of the time and applied them wholeheartedly to religion itself, arguing that the universe of natural and physical laws was synonymous with God, and that the very idea of a human-like God with a personality and intentions was superstitious, unprovable and absurd. »
• « The assumption was that Germany would be held back by heavy fortifications and could be repulsed, and the French army simply had no plans, or intentions, to attack Germany in the meantime. »
• « Although we now know that he was completely wrong about Hitler's intentions, Stalin had good reason not to think that Germany would dare attack: the USSR had one-sixth of the earth's land area, with a population of about 170,000,000. Its standing army in 1941 was 5.5 million, with 12 million in reserve. »
• « At its extreme, postmodernism was a step beyond existentialism: not only was life intrinsically meaningless, but even a person's intentions and actions (the only source of meaning from the existential perspective) meant nothing. »
• « Even after the partial repeal of Townshend's duties, however, suspicion of Parliament's intentions remained high. This was especially true in port cities like Boston and New York, where British customs agents were a daily irritant and reminder of British power. »