hell-bent
Example Sentences
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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
Hardly the conduct of a prosecutor hell-bent on crashing through the rules.
From Slate • Oct. 18, 2024
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
Bass' final chapter documents that the outcome of Nixon and Kissinger's hell-bent support of Pakistan was not grateful appreciation or improved relations between the two countries.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2023
He said he didn’t take our New York money, but if Lori was hell-bent on living in that cesspool, he’d finance her trip himself.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
