Sentence examples for were meant to from inspiring English sources

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being means to

were designated to

were enabled to

were calculated to

were mentioned to

"were meant to" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It is used to describe an intended outcome or goal that was intended but not necessarily realized. For example: The two of us were meant to be together, but things didn't work out.

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We were meant to meet".

The New York Times

More were meant to follow.

The Economist

Options were meant to create employee loyalty.

The Economist

Some things were meant to disappear.

The New Yorker

Rules were meant to be altered.

The New York Times

Things were meant to turn out differently.

The New York Times

You were meant to talk to everyone.

The New York Times - Magazine

"Women were meant to stay at home".

The New York Times

The postures were meant to be funny.

The New York Times

Sometimes rules were meant to be broken.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tim Donohue and I were meant to be.

The New York Times

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were represented to

were translated to

were disseminated to

were involved to

were guaranteed to

were constituted to

were labeled to

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were explained to

were denoted to

were labelled to

were emphasised to

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were affected to

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