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    1. Your aim is to


    2. rounded adult – surely that should be the aim of every parent today


    3. If Onidas's aim was true, the infection would travel to the giant’s heart in a day or two


    4. Scar inadvertently blocked their aim as he advanced on her with his gun


    5. The aim of the counseling is to provide an opportunity for the client to live a more satisfying life


    6. The aim here is not to censor but create a lobby of senior respected citizens who can prevail upon those in control to act when the boundary of decency is crossed


    7. hand-in-hand with Him, your healing will no longer be your aim


    8. the aim was to see (if it is pos-


    9. Sometimes the best of us can aim for a goal and overlook something that is obvious to others


    10. It has special components that specifical y aim at the targeted areas in order to stimulate the skin to produce collagen and elasticity

    11. My lifestyle is erratic to say the least and my aim is that when the end arrives, I will face it laughing and with no regrets


    12. Darryl Yorkham had detected bodies that were destined to pass close to Sol's environment, and careful position measurements and calculations showed that they were undergoing course corrections to aim them at specific targets within the system


    13. When they raised their weapons again and took aim at the child, Duncan quickly reacted and the Gatonen were no more


    14. These ordinary people cringed and winced as the experts subjected them to crushing and horribly patronising witticisms, The ultimate aim of this personal degradation was focussed on one thing; to single out only the most exceptional talents, while ensuring that the audience at home was vicariously thrilled and titillated by the humiliation of those who failed


    15. own happiness, her secondary aim was to ensure that her daughter,


    16. He was taking careful aim at


    17. With barely a moment to aim, Tom loosed off a


    18. and nozzles, while others unlimbered firearms and took aim at the


    19. whatever the aim: to force the crossing closed, they would need


    20. aim his head toward the spot where Johnson was

    21. He swings the gun round, past the girl and aims at the thin, side-on figure of the mortal apothecary, but as he tries to aim he can feel his eyeballs start to swell


    22. He has his gun raised in front of him, holding it in both hands to steady his aim


    23. He has one aim


    24. Spelman and I have, I think, landed upon a satisfactory resolution to insure that Miss Spelman shall receive her proper training with the Royal Shakespeare Company, an aim we can all agree is in her best interest


    25. With that aim they hired a coach and set off


    26. Throwing a prayer heavenward, I aim for what I think is the right lane and, make it across the roundabout


    27. He elaborated on how they had done it and why each effort brought them nearer to their aim


    28. her a look of disgust—one that a parent would normally aim at her misbehaved


    29. His aim was steady, empty of fear


    30. Well, if you don't know yet you might as well hear it from me, when those women set their minds and hearts to an aim

    31. ” He paused to find the words and resorted to the simplicity of, “An aim is accomplished


    32. His aim of course was to attempt to dive deep into his own unconsciousness


    33. I make it my aim to pray this and proclaim it over the city


    34. initial aim had been, but when he got to the ferry Genet


    35. Clipear then took aim and hit his ball at Tristan’s once again knocking it right out the way


    36. He took aim, a firm hit sent the ball into one board then ricocheting off the other only to cannon off Clipear's and into the hole


    37. point out and infer an aim, a purpose toward which the


    38. identification of the aim is a psychological art


    39. man is the final aim, but watch more attentively the


    40. What will be your choice? Will you aim at a notch above your current position or will you prefer a static base?

    41. aim of the trip was to rent a studio or a small


    42. information, even if this is not his aim


    43. it seems that it is not appropriate to aim


    44. The aim of those who have built in stone


    45. this aim, it would have come with realistic solutions,


    46. Your aim is to carry out a ‘normal’ conversation with the person you’re


    47. Greeks used it in the same aim


    48. the aim of suggesting to the viewer a religious


    49. indirect ways one surely gets to the aim


    50. The aim of your ad is to create desire, so that they want what you are














































    1. As I had left my Cat Woman suit at home that day, I natural y assumed that these comments were aimed elsewhere


    2. It was years too soon, he thought, but he hadn't paid enough attention had he? Or was he just too drunk at the time? No one else seemed to think it was imminent, but there was no denying that it was something huge falling from the sky and it looked like it was aimed straight at the camp


    3. That’s one reason fall prevention programs aimed at seniors point out the need for appropriate lighting throughout the home to clearly define changes in floor surfaces or levels and to eliminate both shadows and glare


    4. It is an uninterrupted flow of concentration aimed to heighten one's awareness and oneness with the universe


    5. It was the sort of voice that aimed a double barrel shotgun at


    6. "There is an asteroid six miles in diameter aimed to impact on the study planet


    7. Still, it was a privilege to be on an interstellar voyage, a seedship at that, aimed at the enemy that had lead to the destruction of Immortal Talstan


    8. The Al-Harron's drive was deliberately aimed off the true course so there would be no plume of radiation directed at their target


    9. That bitch will laugh out of the other side of her face when she sees me waiting for her at the next stop with a steak knife aimed at her throat


    10. Then, in 2348, the Kassikan launched a missile traveling at the speed of light aimed at the heart of all faith

    11. Rose relates a horrifying tale about the bombs which were dropped … some of her family were killed in Bristol in an air raid aimed at one of the factories … and she was also anxious about Wally as they were engaged by then


    12. What did he do with this knowledge? What were they? What was this Haad? Were they not the same as that radio message with the code for the virus of eternal youth? A missile, a missile aimed at the wizards of the Kassikan


    13. The two goons by the door circled slowly and aimed punches and kicks at my frail body while the man stood over me and shouted out his frustrations


    14. He hoped he wasn't being lead on here, but he said, "Yes sir, I know we are a missile, but I thought we were a missile aimed at the Kassikan, not this whole world


    15. Blood dripped from my bruised nose onto Robbie’s face as I aimed my own fist at his now exposed jaw


    16. Menachem told me later that as I pounced on Robbie, that as I drew back my fist to smash it into his face, The Man had simply turned and aimed his next kick at my head, sending me spinning into the corner of the room


    17. "You are still insisting they nudged a six mile asteroid and it is just aimed at the Kassikan?"


    18. Well this time the dockmaster was mesmerized as Vatreel aimed the rack toward the shoremen's idle ones, then lifted the whole rack as they glided by and stepped with it, matching his walk along the deck to the drift of the river, til the whole row of bales rolled across and lay resting on their rack while the docksman's chins dropped and he walked half the edge of the deck


    19. Son attacked Elden with a punch aimed at his chest


    20. ’ He replied formally, ducking as she aimed a friendly blow at his head

    21. a profanity under his breath, aimed at the


    22. There were antimatter traps, nondestructive quantum-state sensors, particle sources and a magneto-cancellation chiller, all aimed at a vacuum chamber no bigger than a pea


    23. He seemed to be saying that the information transfer he had discovered was controlling the impactors that were aimed at the Angels


    24. If she was, she was vulnerable to the impactors that were aimed at her today


    25. He raised his arm and aimed at its chest


    26. and aimed their rifles along the causeway


    27. The air of deep dark was so clear it was like a telescope so he could see the entry to Shipping Cut by it’s navigation lanterns, thirty miles away, and aimed straight for it


    28. “This time Chloe, 'sand the floor',” and he aimed another jab at her chest


    29. He turned back on Chloe with a swing aimed at her head, “Duck and pass


    30. Johnson gripped the gun with both hands, bent his knees slightly and aimed

    31. Johnson aimed at her and pulled the trigger


    32. I looked at her, hoping it would be Roman the question was aimed at


    33. with his gun aimed at Joe’s forehead


    34. The gun was aimed at him


    35. The guns aimed


    36. Freddy’s men raised their weapons and aimed


    37. The rest of the men surrounded Johnson with their automatics aimed,


    38. “Not that I know of, you probably have the antenna aimed wrong


    39. As was my habit, for luck and from routine, I bit off the smallest bit of the fletching of one of the flights, notched the arrow, drew back on the bow and aimed exactly at the spot he'd indicated


    40. out, aimed carefully, and shot the short silver cylinder

    41. pulled his gun out and aimed


    42. Agent Johnson pulled out his gun calmly and aimed at her


    43. a scar above its left eye, and a stout lump of wood aimed


    44. He picked one, aimed an arrow in its direction and fired


    45. The third hole found Seaboy’s well aimed ball bouncing out of the cup as soon as it went in, and Fizzicist rushed forward to recover the spring inside


    46. Clipear followed with a well aimed ball that struck Tristan’s and forced it over the boundary board


    47. arrangement and aimed higher than it had been allowed


    48. Victory should be aimed for, but not the sole purpose


    49. “Paranoia… thinking… things… are aimed at you… but this is actually…


    50. They aimed at the Universe














































    1. Scar slowly raised his gun and pointed it above his shoulder, aiming it roughly at her face


    2. The United Order soldiers sprang into action, bringing up their laser rifles and aiming them at Silence


    3. He raised the bat and drew back behind his shoulder, aiming at my right kneecap


    4. I didn't contradict him but I wondered: When we left the seaside the time was 6:30 in the afternoon; how harmful would it have been, if we had stayed for fifteen more minutes? All things considered, I believe yesterday's excursion was one of Alexander's tricks, aiming to keep his disciples in subjection: He doesn't allow them to enjoy anything, so that they don't demand anything


    5. All of a sudden I was tossed into the air, landed against bookshelves and I collapsed on the floor together with some heavy volumes, while Arion was already aiming his weapon at me


    6. She got to lay in the surf until the heat of the day was soaked out of her, then walked the spume with Yellelle, aiming to go to the nearest point and back


    7. ‘Are we still aiming for the weekend?’ he asked, buttering a slice of toast


    8. He pulls out a pistol and levels it, waist high, aiming in the general direction of the stalled doctor and his lover


    9. The two on either side of Jameson reached to grab his arms while the 'captain' in front of him pulled back his fist for a mighty punch, aiming for his face


    10. The more complex answer is twofold: A) Your inner and partly unconscious desires are often at conflict with some of the goals you are aiming at

    11. "I'm sorry, Edward," Derlick said, drawing his pistol and aiming it at Edward


    12. If they grow bolder and advance, keep aiming


    13. The modern maxims of foreign commerce, by aiming at the impoverishment of all our neighbours, so far as they are capable of producing their intended effect, tend to render that very commerce insignificant and contemptible


    14. In meditation, you are not aiming for any specific state of mind


    15. Danny plunged his sharp yellow incisors into the animal’s neck, aiming for its jugular


    16. This time Kate led the way, aiming at the lump on the horizon


    17. “Look to your front here come some more of the buggers don’t let them get the well!” I could see him aiming and firing ever so calmly with a rifle that must have belonged to poor Fred Elliot and that he must have dropped when he was hit


    18. The Elusiver ships were still firing, aiming in his direction


    19. She stretched her arm above the crowds and flung it into the ring, aiming at Raven’s feet


    20. aiming to kill the boredom

    21. Remember we did not have any aiming devices beyond the standard sights on our weapons


    22. Legally, according to the longhaired liberals in parliament, the SAP had to fire three warning shots before aiming only to wound


    23. They looked about at each other, though their weapons never ceased aiming at Sicarius


    24. What makes you think the Preceptor of Brockenhurst Sett is aiming to take over Boddaert's Realm?"


    25. Mama Adele lunged at me with the table knife, aiming for a good clear cut of my throat


    26. Mama Adele realised she had missed and was giving her knife another swing, only this time she was apparently - and this was a disturbing and painful thought - aiming for my balls


    27. “Ze-e va-aarr!” he said, bulging his eyes and then aiming and shooting with an imaginary sort of rifle, even taking proper care to imitate the recoil


    28. I fired the Sig aiming for the wall in front of him


    29. Aiming at the beast's throat, she waited for the right moment


    30. Because of Elizabeth’s struggles, he was having difficulty holding onto her and aiming the Mauser at the same time

    31. Recreating the scene in his mind, he realized that he had felt no fear, only what seemed to be an automatic concentration on aiming and firing without hesitation


    32. The armed bandit was still aiming the rifle at him, shouting incoherently, looking back and forth nervously


    33. He was still aiming his gun though and Ethan thought it was time to make his move


    34. He sprang up then and ran without aiming his gun


    35. When Ethan and Nicole jumped off the boat, he immediately asked them, making sure with a wave of his hand that a couple of rifles were already aiming at them:


    36. Nicole realised who they were aiming for and shouted:


    37. He had drifted away from the elevator shaft entrance, and with nothing to stop his flight he floated unheeded across the room until he reached the far wall, then he pushed away again, aiming himself back to the elevator shaft


    38. He instinctively swung around, letting go of the rope that held Nicole and blindly aiming his knife for a low stab in the leg


    39. The movement of the two vessels made it difficult for whoever was aiming the light to keep it trained on the Syrena, but it periodically swept over them, causing a momentary blaze of blinding white in the wheelhouse


    40. The guard threw a punch with his other fist aiming for Ethan’s face but it didn’t connect, as Ethan slid sideways just a notch and grabbed the rifle

    41. He was still aiming Andy though when he said:


    42. She was aiming at Andy, her face impossibly torn between anger and sorrow


    43. But her gun was still aiming at Ethan, who cut in with a polite little laughter and said:


    44. But they were aiming from shoulder-high and their shots missed wildly, chunks of concrete flying off the walls


    45. James’ gun went off with a clamor, but Ethan was already pushing the gun away with one hand and aiming for his neck with the other


    46. Aiming at his center is the least likely to miss


    47. If you want to look thinner, you will visualize yourself in the size that you are aiming for while doing a marathon or a cat walk


    48. Carter was the first to attack, aiming for a throat and taking down an angel quickly


    49. I back up, aiming over Caleb’s shoulder at one of the security guards


    50. The boy backed away and took his guns from their holsters, aiming both




































    1. Many are set up to save taxes and arrange funds for activities that have no connection to the aims and objectives


    2. Prayers are usually to get over the current problems or to achieve our material aims


    3. It relaxes, rejuvenates, and energizes the body and aims to bring the body and the mind into a harmonious union


    4. Remember that Yoga aims to quiet the mind as you exercise the body


    5. The prosecutor aims his pointer again at the easel, but this time it’s holding a big, grainy portrait of Teekra


    6. ’ Berndt said smoothly, ducking instinctively as Joris aims a cuff at the back of his head


    7. his blog according to his aims


    8. He swings the gun round, past the girl and aims at the thin, side-on figure of the mortal apothecary, but as he tries to aim he can feel his eyeballs start to swell


    9. “Sir,” Harry began timidly, unsure if it were his 'turn,' “I had but two aims in attending Malvern


    10. It naturally aims at bringing always that precise quantity thither which may be sufficient to supply, and no more than supply, that demand

    11. That industry, therefore, which aims at something more than necessary subsistence, was established in cities long before it was commonly practised by the occupiers of land in the country


    12. thatof illusion state, But there is another approach, one that aims directly at that elusive state of total


    13. He describes it as a frame of mind “in which nothing definite is thought, planned, striven for, desired, or expected, which aims in no particular direction and yet knows itself capable alike of the possible and the impossible, so unswerving is its power…” [183] The author quotes his teacher as saying, “The right art is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede


    14. Perhaps the archery master, in Zen in the Art of Archery, was referring to right action when he said that the archer practices his art in a state “in which nothing definite is thought, planned, striven for, desired or expected, which aims in no particular direction…” [272]


    15. Each school aims for the same state, enlightenment of the individual, but each aims to get there in a different way


    16. Likewise, the mind that aims to understand reality can consider itself satisfied only by reducing it to terms of thought


    17. The unzipped HEPO was virtually proof that one of their number was not working with the same aims as the rest of the group


    18. But though empires, like all the other works of men, have all hitherto proved mortal, yet every empire aims at immortality


    19. And, after all, Galeron had strove to ensure his aims were achieved without anyone being hurt


    20. motivation and aims of whoever used this room he finally took the tome, most important artefact,

    21. The SCCU aims to reduce commercial crime by the effective investigation and prosecution of complex commercial crime


    22. “Could he be a professional assassin, not involved in the political aims of the conspirators?” asked Weo


    23. Uriah squints one eye as he aims the gun


    24. Tobias still has the Dauntless woman by the throat, but this time, he aims his gun at the Erudite woman


    25. Once we’re in the Pire, Zeke lifts up his gun and aims at one of the cameras near the ceiling


    26. With a wicked smile, she aims at Zeke, hitting his leg, and then at me


    27. Failing in his attempts to purchase Mexican territories, Polk concluded his aims required open conflict


    28. Both achieved their aims, and in both cases, this was mainly after their


    29. Bullhead pulls out a revolver and aims it at Otto


    30. The other skelborg she passed aims its primary weapon at her

    31. Harvard University professor of government Harvey Mansfield (There is a pool of residual sanity at Harvard) ties the wretched performance of elementary and secondary education to the attitudes and aims of the National Education Association


    32. The Civil Warriors know their aims would not prevail were they fully understood by the American people


    33. M: He always aims directly at the ‘ultimate’


    34. For pain aims


    35. aims of rebuilding a consolidated rule among the divided


    36. M: The self is universal and its aims are universal


    37. He actually aims at your elimination as a factor in con-


    38. terests, he pursues false aims and is always frustrated


    39. pursuing its own aims, you are living merely on the surface and


    40. In his reply, Roger indicated that those “thinkers” would be more credible in their opposition to war had they expressed equal aversion to Communist avowed expansionist aims as well as for “Yankee Imperialism” and Marines’ recruitment

    41. We see this endeavour as a valuable addition to Accordingly FAN strongly supports the RBJ Trust initiative, publishing the promote the aims and objectives of the Filmmakers Association of Namibia and hence Accordingly FAN strongly supports the RBJ Trust initiative, publishing the welcPom


    42. promote the aims and objectives of the Filmmakers Association of Namibia and hence foreign


    43. together to achieve the overall aims of the department


    44. ” The man on the street might have difficulties with this hair-splitting distinction; perhaps this is one of the more hidden aims of this terminology


    45. whose members have greatest influence in community-level electoral politics and to be a democratic socialist political organization which aims to bring Socialism into the mainstream of American politics


    46. instrument which aims at safeguarding the health and welfare of pet animals and would


    47. of the aims of that establishment


    48. Article 14 aims at ensuring that publicity is given to the provisions of the Convention


    49. It was agreed that the aims of a convention on the protection of pet animals would


    50. - Dog removal (Killing or Incarceration) method aims at the effects and not at














































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    Synonyms for "aim"

    aim object objective target design intent intention purpose bearing heading aspire draw a bead on shoot for propose purport calculate direct drive get place point take take aim train accuracy training precision pointing goal idea plan end sight steer level turn present try endeavour attempt strive intend

    "aim" definitions

    an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions


    the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)


    the action of directing something at an object


    the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies


    point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards


    propose or intend


    move into a desired direction of discourse


    specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public


    intend (something) to move towards a certain goal


    direct (a remark) toward an intended goal


    have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal