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
During the gloriously frenetic and intensely speculative pre-draft process, every decision-maker in the NFL seems intent upon revealing as little as possible.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 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
“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
But those near him were silent, intent upon the music of the voices and the instruments, and they gave no heed to anything else.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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