bent on
Example Sentences
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Although Vecna is bent on total destruction in the show, Bower never thought of him as a villain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
But Standard Oil finally went under the knife in 1911, split into 34 separate companies that sometimes seem like they are bent on reunifying.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
Nostalgia, though, is a peril that the author, an art historian at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, is bent on warding off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
There are no human characters in “Badlands,” only expendable mechanical representatives of a megacorporation bent on bringing the known universe to heel.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2025
But when I looked beyond our life on the islands, he became the moon itself, bent on tugging me back, as if I were made of sea instead of blood.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
