5 sentences with 'intending'
Example sentences and phrases with the word intending and other words derived from it.
• « Then he added softly, intending to prepare her for the worst, "I suggest you say goodbye to him. He may not survive. »
• « Charlemagne was up to something completely new, intending to create an empire of several different Germanic groups, with himself (and by extension, the Franks) ruling over all of them. »
• « Charles XII faced an attempt by Denmark, joined by the German prince of Saxony, to reassert its sovereignty in 1700. This became the Great Northern War (1700 - 1721) when Peter the Great of Russia joined in, intending to seize Baltic territory for a permanent port. »
• « In 1819, an expedition of two hundred Americans invaded Spanish Texas, intending to create a US-inspired republic, only to be driven out by Spanish forces. »
• « The income from the sale of land to intending settlers never met expectations and came nowhere near meeting expenses. In 1844 the Company ceased active trading. It surrendered its charter in 1850. »