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He frowned, and bent his head, and his long hair fell over his face, while the poor Stuttgardter sat there like a beaten hound.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThis judicial bent of the child is a curious one and often develops a priggish fondness for setting others morally straight.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYLady Maude advanced; she had really come in by accident; her head was bent, her eyelashes rested on her flushed cheeks.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThen she bent her glance to the writing, and studied it a moment, what time the man from Paris watched her closely.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIShe opened a large black fan and moved it slowly while looking intently at her son's bent profile.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONShe held it while the trooper bent over the strange scrawl, and ran his eyes along it to learn the context.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYSick, trembling, her beautiful face humble and tearful enough now, she bent it on his shoulder in a shower of bitter tears.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThe King arrived in Naples bent on maintaining his crown and on allowing no interference from the Emperor.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONThe old owl no longer hooted, and the water-oaks had ceased to moan as they bent their heads.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRWORDS RELATED TO BENT ON
- bent
- bent on
- constant
- decided
- decisive
- dogged
- earnest
- firm
- fixed
- hard-as-nails
- hardboiled
- intent
- mean business
- obstinate
- on ice
- pat
- persevering
- purposeful
- resolute
- resolved
- serious
- set
- set on
- settled
- single-minded
- solid
- steadfast
- strong-minded
- strong-willed
- stubborn
- tenacious
- unfaltering
- unflinching
- unhesitating
- unwavering
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.