bent

Example Sentences

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Despite the fund’s defensive bent, Pozen isn’t shy about Big Tech.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Representatives from the Southwest Research Institute were on hand as well, using cameras to protect against what MLB describes as “postural integrity issues:” bent knees, hunched shoulders, a tucked chin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But not all of the artist’s works have a gourmet bent — she also creates celestial goddesses and nature-inspired divas, and made a series devoted to the Major Arcana of tarot.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Those of a contrarian bent may thus consider a very high ratio is signaling equity investors are too sanguine, while a dive in the ratio may mean they are too pessimistic.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Slowly, slowly, he bent his right leg and found the next· foothold, about a forearm higher than the .one he’d stepped onto with his left.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver