hell-bent
Example Sentences
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"England arrived for the Ashes hell-bent on making history, and ended up being laughed out of town," wrote Booth.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 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
“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
If you were hell-bent on climbing the peak and could somehow come up with the dough, Adventure Consultants was the obvious choice.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
