hell-bent
Example Sentences
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Benjamin Lorr, who wrote a book-length study of Choudhury called Hell-Bent in 2012, attended a training course in Las Vegas in 2009 and found himself drawn to Choudhury, despite describing him as “clearly a buffoon”.
From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2017
Jafa-Bodden was required to read the manuscript of Lorr’s book Hell-Bent for libel, but found nothing actionable.
From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2017
All this was written by Hatcher Hughes, last year's winner of the Pulitzer play prize with Hell-Bent for Heaven.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Why, you'll leave him to Hell-Bent Wade," interrupted the hunter, and he looked up from where he knelt, fixing those great, inscrutable eyes upon the cowboy.
From The Mysterious Rider by Grey, Zane
"Hell-Bent Wade, as I'm a born sinner!" shouted the sheriff, and his hand leaped out to grasp Wade's and grip it and wring it.
From The Mysterious Rider by Grey, Zane
