bent on

Example Sentences

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Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian said his city has had enough of rowdy young people bent on causing trouble.

From Seattle Times

The “house” setting the odds and others bent on profit would likely be able to selectively compile, skew and deploy data to manipulate prices.

From Los Angeles Times

Though Cohen got off to a strong start, Trump’s lawyer eventually hammered his credibility, highlighting his criminal record and painting him as a serial liar bent on taking down the former president.

From Seattle Times

Officials told us that once fringe, sometimes criminal groups of settlers bent on pursuing a theocratic state have been allowed for decades to operate with few restraints.

From New York Times

They painted Cohen as a liar and an opportunist obsessed with Trump — and bent on seeing him convicted.

From New York Times