How to Use intent on/upon (something) in a Sentence

intent on/upon (something)

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• Two women try to put a stop to it, but the states and the banks seem intent on thwarting their efforts at all costs.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
• Wong lays out the ways that China seems intent on challenging the U.S.
  — Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
• The pastor had daughters who used to come up to the fence to talk to us, intent on laying out the reasons we were bound for hell.
  — Justin E. H. Smith, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• If the Leafs are intent on making a deep playoff run, these are the kinds of teams they will be expected to beat.
  — Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
• To a large degree, that hasn’t changed; what has is the number of hackers out there intent on cracking them.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
• The regime is also intent on testing the public in other ways.
  — Kay Armin Serjoie, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
• These were artists intent on pushing themselves to the limit.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
• The Giants acted like a team intent on making the Dodgers’ life hell in 2024 and perhaps making some waves of their own.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
• Freeman begins his second full year as a head coach intent on a fast start.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 26 Aug. 2023
• This year's Razzies seemed intent on proving that 2024 was a bad time for comic book movies.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
• Like the dormant insect, the Locust has reemerged, intent on destroying the world.
  — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Why, at this point in his career, is Lloyd Webber so intent on telling this story?
  — Vulture, 25 Mar. 2023
• This year, both campaigns seem intent on pushing the idea of Harris as the underdog.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
• Then fans were turned lose on the night, with many of them probably intent on streaming some more Gojira on the drive home.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
• Across its border sat an army of tens of thousands of men intent on massacring civilians.
  — Phil Klay, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
• For their part, the filmmakers are intent on a proper release in the U.S., whether in theaters or on streaming.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
• So, why is everyone intent on making plans, for trips far away from home?
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 6 July 2023
• The Jets are a real threat, and as coach Robert Saleh put it recently, are intent on enjoying it.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
• This is the purpose of exhibition games, and the Yankees are intent on seeing where Dominguez takes them in left field.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
• As well as sales agents, Meissner is intent on making EFM a hub for other folks in the film industry.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Feb. 2025
• Not long ago the team was intent on building a new stadium on that land, once home to the Arlington Park racetrack.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
• At first, Hassan appears to be intent on killing Charly to get his revenge.
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
• And despite the scary incident, McGuire is intent on putting a good spin on the experience.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
• The team agonized over the shoot and post-production, intent on making a pilot that was ready to air, not just a proof of concept.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
• Despite all that, the living are still intent on keeping their secrets.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024
• And YouTube, with its enormous influence and scale (not to mention the resources of Google), seems intent on tackling the problem.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
• In a town that does things by the book, Urban is intent on trying new things, tinkering around with formula.
  — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
• The Texans entered 2024 intent on taking the next step, on climbing into contention in the crowded AFC.
  — Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
• With three ranching family dynasties locked in a contest for control of the land, their lives and legacies are threatened by outside forces intent on destroying their way of life.
  — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
• In lieu of narrative progression, Lund is singularly intent on generating an atmosphere that makes the viewer feel like they’re perched in the bleachers.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025