bent on
Example Sentences
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Other prominent voices seem bent on convincing us that telework plays a significant negative factor in women’s career advancement.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
But Standard Oil finally went under the knife in 1911, split into 34 separate companies that sometimes seem like they are bent on reunifying.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Nostalgia, though, is a peril that the author, an art historian at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, is bent on warding off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
“Why are we so bent on keeping students from getting an education and giving back?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025
She had learned that when people were bent on doing something they believed was a good deed, it was usually impossible to dissuade them.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
