intent upon

Example Sentences

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Instead of signing football's biggest established stars, the club became intent upon snapping up the game's next stars.

From BBC • May 4, 2023

Its founder, the Rev. Arthur Atlas Peters, understood these limitations and was intent upon rising above them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2023

“No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary thing that was happening to me,” Proust writes.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021

In this one, he looked every bit like a first-year player going up against a skilled unit intent upon ending that streak.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2020

“I tried and failed to change his bloody course. There can be no peace or good in being yoked to a husband who is intent upon revenge. Therefore I go.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein