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
Bourne told me that back in the 1970s, he hadn’t understood what Stroup was doing—why he’d been so outraged, paranoid, and hell-bent on destroying what had been a productive partnership.
From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025
“I was really hell-bent on making this just as good, just different,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025
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
He said he didn’t take our New York money, but if Lori was hell-bent on living in that cesspool, he’d finance her trip himself.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
