Her intent was to get good grades so she could get twenty dollars.
I intent to fix the wall in the gym.
The bully looked at me with a sinister intent; I just knew he was coming after my lunch money.
The cipher made the intent of the message difficult to understand.
As a noun: Our intent is to hire six new people for the expanding department.As an adjective: Throughout the entire period, he held an intent gaze on the new girl.
We looked at several different cars with the intent of buying one soon. I called you today with the intend to appologize for my behavior. She put the gun in her purse with the intent of using it that evening.
The fact that he carried a knife to the party was enough to show his malicious intent. Means desire to cause harm to another, intent to cause pain.
The word "intent" can function as both a noun and an adjective.
Mutilate is a word that means to cause injury due to violence. A good sentence would be, his intent was to mutilate the boys arm.
We didn't mean for the criticism to demoralize you.He seemed intent to demoralize his children.Religious leaders often demoralize rather than uplift or inspire.
"Malice" is legally defined as "evil intent" and is also used to describe the intent to cause harm. A sentence with malice would be made with the intent to hurt someone. (see related question for sentence examples)
I wrapped the mummy in bandages before placing it in the sarcophagus.
The government accused the group of plotting sedition against the state by inciting violence and rebellion.