dead set on
Example Sentences
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Knueppel says he learned it by a being kid trying to escape an entire court of grown men who were dead set on stopping him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
"The very fact they were dead set on employing these independent advocates themselves says something about the culture - its control, and just not even beginning to understand the nature of independence."
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025
“He is dead set on it,” president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said at MLB’s winter meetings.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
Athletic director Bernard Muir, who hired Haase, seems dead set on standing by his decision.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023
“You’re probably right. But it’s easy to get turned around in a place like this at night. I was dead set on keeping the path we’d followed straight in my head.”
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
