hell-bent

Example Sentences

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In school, it’s something only used to impress peers, or for students who are hell-bent on constantly making content.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

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

A once champion team was overpowered by another hell-bent on taking its crown.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2023

When I was growing up, and I look at my dad and my uncle, you had men that just were so hell-bent on being strong, not showing weakness.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2023

Hundreds of miles away, he was homesick for her, for her house, for the very people he had been hell-bent to leave.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison