hell-bent

Example Sentences

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Mr. Smith wasn’t just a “bulldog” he was a rabid wolf hell-bent on winning at any cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

“I was really hell-bent on making this just as good, just different,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

Hardly the conduct of a prosecutor hell-bent on crashing through the rules.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2024

He played like it could have been, too, charging around the field as if hell-bent on banishing his Twickenham torment at the first time of asking.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024

Instead they plunged hell-bent into sing, and next time round, all was lost.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel