intent upon
Example Sentences
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Instead of signing football's biggest established stars, the club became intent upon snapping up the game's next stars.
From BBC • May 4, 2023
Its founder, the Rev. Arthur Atlas Peters, understood these limitations and was intent upon rising above them.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2023
The 49ers seem intent upon going right back to Garoppolo this week if his thumb injury allows him to play, but maybe that shouldn’t be so automatic.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2022
“No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary thing that was happening to me,” Proust writes.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021
He was intent upon her face and her slow backing away.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
