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
In a sport whose grand hodgepodge of contenders made it seem novel when No. 1 Iga Swiatek distanced herself up top in 2022, Rybakina seems intent upon neighboring Swiatek.
From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 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
I looked at her; she was still intent upon the papers.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
