bent on
Example Sentences
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"The future belongs to those who innovate, and Israel and India are bent on innovation," Netanyahu said on Thursday, standing next to Modi.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Once again, a boy from here teams up with a girl from there to defeat a villainous schemer bent on cruel domination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
We are left now with two parties who seem bent on nothing short of mutually assured professional destruction, and if that's their goal, Baldoni and Lively are doing great.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025
She quickly proved her worth to the family brand, sweetly selling her father-in-law’s every whim and enumerating the evil forces bent on taking him down.
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025
They know we are down here now and they’ve unleashed something, a pack of mutts probably, bent on finding me.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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