Sentence examples for intent up from inspiring English sources

For the rest of his life, he must push the boulder of his self-proclaimed innocence and self-protested good intent up the hill, aware that he cannot reach the summit but powerless to evade the pointlessness of trying.

Fox recalls Kiely getting naked to attack the vocals on album opener Um Bongo and it feels revealing – deadly serious intent bound up in frivolity.

In traditional media, trust in news was established by ethical behavior, like good intent backed up by checking the facts.

Consider whether someone may have (without bad intent) picked up your wallet -- a curious child? a friend trying to help?

Hired initially by other former IRA prisoners, he went back "on the grip", intent upon building up his fortune brick by brick.

Facebook, which recently began its own "App Center" and is intent on bulking up its mobile revenue, is likely to continue to bump up against Apple.

Rivera was intent on making up for his mistake.

England, meantime, was intent on drawing up a code of conduct relating to the players.

The case has given notice that Brussels is intent on breaking up other gas monopolies.

That hardly seems like the conduct of a government intent on shaking up the system.

He was evidently intent on living up to that reputation in this broadcast.