Intended

Examples

• In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He muttered something about leaving unexpectedly, in a great hurry, and having intended to write to her from St. Augustine. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The reader will naturally be disposed to ask whether it is intended to claim that Edison has brought about all this magnificent growth of the electric-lighting art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We could not then employ him; but I foolishly let him know, as a secret, that I soon intended to begin a newspaper, and might then have work for him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• As I intended to repeat it after a while, and as it was necessary to watch its influence, I then sat down by the side of the bed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• General Wright's corps had been designated to make this assault, which I intended to order as soon as information reached me of Sheridan's success. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In order to provide against vibration I was obliged to make the frame of the machine much heavier than I first intended. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In fact Burnside and the War Department both thought the 9th corps was intended for such an expedition up to the last moment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Then one day Faust asked Gutenberg blankly when he intended to repay him the money he had advanced. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The light in our window above showed that this late visit was indeed intended for us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I intended to do what was right, yet I did not see the case quite clearly, I own. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The boat had a single paddle wheel in the middle near the stern, and was intended only for canal use, in the place of horses. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This, which he had intended to make more of the ordinary type, he gradually brings round to the other or ideal form. Plato. The Republic.
• His mission was clear, and he intended to discharge it conscientiously. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My things were indeed in shameful disorder, murmured Helen to me, in a low voice: I intended to have arranged them, but I forgot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The first addressographs were intended for printing names and addresses consecutively on envelopes and post cards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• My aunt conceived a great attachment for her, by which she was induced to give her an education superior to that which she had at first intended. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He believed without effort in the peculiar work of grace within him, and in the signs that God intended him for special instrumentality. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You can see for yourself there is no harm intended. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I fully intended to have done so. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended; and 'setting one's cap at a man,' or 'making a conquest,' are the most odious of all. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I only know that I intended well, and I hope all will end well. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Switches were brought in bundles, from a beech wood near the school house, by the boys for whose benefit they were intended. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I know you have intended to make me happy. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I don't care two straws about your 'no harm is intended,' and you may be certain if there is any trouble it will be for you, not for me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Nor any o' us, said Humphrey, in a low rich tone of admiration, not intended to reach anybody's ears. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• No introduction of the business could have been less like that which Lydgate had intended; but her indifferent manner had been too provoking. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This machine, which was intended primarily for the use of the blind, is illustrated in Figs. 137 and 138. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• There was a peculiar fascination for Dorothea in this division of property intended for herself, and always regarded by her as excessive. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Though, mind,' added Mr. Pickwick, hastily checking himself--'mind, I do not say I should have prevented it, if I had known that it was intended. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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