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
He asks, “Can a company as intent upon domination as Amazon really understand this perspective — and adapt that morality to the screen?”
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
The NFL appears intent upon playing all remaining games as scheduled, as it did in Week 16.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2021
He was too sunk in his own thought, too intent upon the thing he faced, to answer her or even to listen.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
