bent on

Example Sentences

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"The future belongs to those who innovate, and Israel and India are bent on innovation," Netanyahu said on Thursday, standing next to Modi.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Once again, a boy from here teams up with a girl from there to defeat a villainous schemer bent on cruel domination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

“Why are we so bent on keeping students from getting an education and giving back?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

But I’d like to think that, had we won the World Series last year, we’d be hell bent on getting back again.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

Then a contingent of canoeists who had finished their races, and been badly beaten, and were bent on holding a consolation party downstairs.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown