hell-bent

Example Sentences

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In school, it’s something only used to impress peers, or for students who are hell-bent on constantly making content.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

Mr. Smith wasn’t just a “bulldog” he was a rabid wolf hell-bent on winning at any cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

“I was really hell-bent on making this just as good, just different,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

He played like it could have been, too, charging around the field as if hell-bent on banishing his Twickenham torment at the first time of asking.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024

Maybe if I hadn’t been so hell-bent on not becoming my parents, I could have saved Charlie.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King