Use "bent on" in a sentence

1. Obviously, not all of the tax collectors were hell-bent on wickedness

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2. Gonzar told her tale of an army of intelligent dactyls breeding in the depths of the Ttharmine that were coming out bent on world domination any day

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3. I bent on my knees and'

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4. The three white boys, while hell bent on completing their

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5. That’s not something we invented, that was done in Brancetrabble’s labs in the 45th when Lbront Nevn came storming out into the East Trenst Basin bent on conquest

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6. are bent on evil: They practice

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7. What else could have kept them from coming out here bent on conquest?"

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8. "Then Lbront Nevn was discovered in the 45th century and they came out of their isolation bent on conquest

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9. “The professor is hell bent on going on the tour and there’s just

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10. “So you’re still bent on your trek to Columbia?” she said as she kept focusing on the bowl and her stirring of the pancake flour

11. In the following book, therefore, I shall endeavour to explain, first, what are the necessary expenses of the sovereign or commonwealth; and which of those expenses ought to be defrayed by the general contribution of the whole society ; and which of them, by that of some particular part ouly, or of some particular members of the society: secondly, what are the different methods in which the whole society may be made to contribute towards defraying the expenses incumbent on the whole society ; and what are the principal advantages and inconveniencies of each of those methods : and thirdly, what are the reasons and causes which have induced almost all modern governments to mortgage some part of this revenue, or to contract debts; and what have been the effects of those debts upon the real wealth, the annual produce of the land and labour of the society

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12. She was recumbent on a surgical couch

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13. She was recumbent on a couch, completely motionless, until she raised her head

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14. Scott was still recumbent on the ship’s couch, the interface array gone

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15. Recumbent on a bed of steel-like metal (which was really only a rectangular block on the floor)

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16. The pedestrians seemed hell bent on bashing their way to the front of the queue with their trolleys and elbows

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17. In the first place, the SAP were issued with six-shot revolvers for many decades, and thus the poor policeman had to use 50% of his ammunition as warning shots? How silly is that? Practically speaking, what do you do when a man comes at you with a knife? Do you really have time to fire three warning shots? And the warning shots should be fired deliberately (read slowly), with much shouting to convince the criminal hell bent on murdering you to cease his attack

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18. With the power given to him by Boddaert's remains, Evaert set out on a campaign of butchery and destruction, bent on conquering all of Boddaert's lands, and it was only the intervention of Bawsen, the fabled fighter from Badachro, which finally put an end to his tyranny

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19. There is no question, however, that such perception(s) often provide irrational motives for individuals bent on committing some arbitrarily violent action for its own sake

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20. Especially as it was about to be performed by a very large copper bent on revenge

21. During this period, the new boyfriend moved into the house and Tiny, unable to control himself, violated the order, entering through a window he knew only too well as he had installed it, and up from the basement came a wild man, bent on revenge

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22. Why did I do it? Was I bent on serving my masters? On pursuing their own interest even when they did not command me? Because I loved them and wanted what was best for them, at my own expense or not? How often do we build motivations around our actions, ideas of who we are, built after the fact? I don't know why

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23. I created a society of people who were devoted believers, not so much bent on destruction and killing in the name of their gods, but obedient, unremarkable, and so predictable

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24. This caused the gradual weakening within the movement, opening the way for intruders who seemed bent on competing with, even destroying it, if necessary, or capable

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25. Poor Faith, so anxiously bent on retrieving the situation in regard to the church, had caught him in one of his terrible moods

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26. Some of these people were stronger, fiercer and more bent on conquest than

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27. Bent on revenge, the Suizos attacked his army near the city and routed them

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28. was the case of the evil school marm who was hell bent on sabotaging the keenness for

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29. 22 And the king said, It is incumbent on us to make him great, to elevate him and to do to him all the good which you shall command us; and at that time the king sent to Abram silver and gold and precious stones in abundance, together with cattle, men servants and maid servants; and the king ordered Abram to be brought, and he sat in the court of the king's house, and the king greatly exalted Abram on that night

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30. 63 And Jacob said, It is incumbent on me to give all this, since I have seen your face, so that you still live in peace

31. There are, however, environmental and political groups that seem hell bent on the destruction of these industries and our economy

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32. You are bent on knowledge, I am not

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33. were together, I was so hell bent on hating Jack, that I enjoyed being

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34. He’s hell bent on doing that for you

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35. “Why weren’t we moving? What about the witch that was chasing after us, hell-bent on destroying us?”

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36. within, hell bent on procreation

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37. became the wedding garb of a democratized church, bent on preparing men and in

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38. 22 And the king said It is incumbent on us to make him great to elevate him and to do to him all the good which you shall command us; and at that time the king sent to Abram silver and gold and precious stones in abundance together with cattle men servants and maid servants; and the king ordered Abram to be brought and he sat in the court of the king's house and the king greatly exalted Abram on that night

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39. 63 And Jacob said It is incumbent on me to give all this since I have seen your face so that you still live in peace

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40. That he was so bent on being the center of attention he wanted to be the bride and groom at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral

41. They had been content to warden us as prey and playthings before that, but they became bent on the extermination of all the gods and intelligent peoples of Kellaran

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42. Jesus’s face was beaming, He then turned to me and said, "He who is bent on saving his life, shall lose it

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43. 9 And when their fellow-servants saw what happened it distressed them much; and they came and told their Lord of all that had taken place; Then his Lord called him and said to him You wicked servant all that debt I forgave you because you besought me: was it not then incumbent on you also to have mercy on your fellow-servant as I had mercy on you? And his Lord became angry and delivered him to the scourgers till he should pay all that he owed

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44. It is incumbent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me while it is day: a night will come and no man will be able to busy himself

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45. His Lord answered and said to him you wicked and slothful servant you knew me 35 that I reap where I sowed not and gather where I did not scatter; it was incumbent on you to put my money to the bank and then I should come and seek it with its gains

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46. Ahmed, the guy who kidnapped us in South Africa, was among them and it turned out he was bent on avenging his brother who had been one of the men burned in your bonfire

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47. ankles because he didn’t have enough where-with-all to keep his legs bent on his own

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48. But none of that explained why the Fifth Fleet seemed so bent on being the ones to re-capture Raidan rather than opening up the operation more widely for other fleets and Intel Wing to assist

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49. the cabin was bent on the steering wheel

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50. bent on having a good time

51. There is a psychological interpretation of the commotion caused by that crowd of people bent on

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52. They were bent on beholding miracles and wonders, and they were not to be disappointed

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53. Spears bent on his armor or swished empty air, and his sword sang its death-song

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54. In this group were many turbulent individuals whose minds were bent on mischief, while about the fringe of this crowd there circulated those debased men who had been hired to make trouble for Jesus

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55. There was little favor in the gaze he bent on Conan

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56. There were menace and meaning in the glare he bent on the man in the waist; Conan grinned back, as if at a jest none knew but himself

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57. Though they had long urged him to proclaim his message in Jerusalem, they now feared to see him enter the city at this time, knowing full well that the scribes and Pharisees were bent on bringing about his death

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58. He was suddenly overcome with indignation that Peter, James, and John should have been honored with close association with Jesus, and at this time, when he was on the way to the high priest's home, he was bent on getting even with Peter, James, and John more than he was concerned with any thought of betraying Jesus

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59. "They're all snots -- a fifth column -- bent on sabotaging the efforts of the security services

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60. Therefore it is incumbent on the authorities of this installation to enforce the UCMJ and stop the harassment that is currently occurring at this installation

61. In addition, abuse may come from a stranger bent on harming

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62. Bent on revenge, top brass and the Red Army’s soldiers

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63. She is not a witch, not an evil oppressive occultist bent on

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64. It is the way of things that sometimes being so hell-bent on some end or other is in fact sufficient to guarantee success

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65. It could be a friend, or a predator bent on harming

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66. Our problem is that the Israelis learned about that time traveler first, through sheer luck, and are now bent on getting her secrets at all costs

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67. Even if someone would eliminate the monstrosity called the Ministry of Security, it would leave plenty of very mean people around, including the various organized crime groups, crooked cops and judges and business conglomerates bent on profit by any means

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68. This 'whirling tunnel' was bent on

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69. She is back, along with a fleet of spaceships from the 34th century, and is bent on putting a quick end to this war

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70. who was bent on killing a cat

71. I envision an America of the future bent on changing the economy to uplift the low end to give them purpose and hope, and put them to work

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72. They are hell bent on a new super power called the

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73. was bent on testing my endurance: after seven difficult years of mar-

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74. After all man, I wasn't that bent on bringing it with!"

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75. She already had to bash the heads of three Etruscans soldiers bent on having fun with her since she had started on her land search mission three days ago

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76. Seiji reasoned that they were probably not foolish enough to try something against her with such a crowd and a number of cameras present, but he didn’t like the idea of armed foreign agents going around Tokyo and bent on violent acts, and neither would his superintendant

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77. " To Mitchell, his tone sounded like a ruthless war criminal, hell-bent on mirroring the same audacity his assailant portrayed, the night he almost died

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78. Galer’s pilots soon had their hands full, the enraged Japanese fighter pilots bent on avenging their lost comrades

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79. whatever reason, and besides, the man was an infidel, bent on mischief

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80. Winslow’s mission was to stop and delay as long as he could with his unit the communists bent on taking Seoul and he had been doing just that for over a day now, with invaluable support provided by the pilots of the Korea Air Task Force, more commonly called ‘Kat Force’ by his Marines

81. Thanking whoever had provided her that smoke screen, she got up again and ran as if she was bent on breaking an Olympic record, which she actually did unconsciously thanks to her superhuman strength and speed as a Chosen of The One

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82. Swerving the launch wildly, Matt yelled and cursed, appearing hell-bent on smashing up the boat and ending it all

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83. Ingrid, bent on playing the card of gentleness and care in order to extract as much info out the man as she could, answered in a friendly tone

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84. He was still hell bent on destroying German population areas, even after it had become obvious that this had little effect on their war effort

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85. To his relief, everyone was hell bent on getting away from the station

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86. For the first time in almost three years of close cooperation, the British Prime Minister was furious with Eisenhower; stating the Supreme Commander was hell bent on confusing an already confused situation, and he was now more than ever convinced that Eisenhower was a second rate general

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87. The Soviet troops, many of whom had seen their own towns and villages obliterated by the Germans, were bent on extracting the full price

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88. A big factor in that was most probably that the Kurdish government was out to prove that it was worthy of being helped by the rest of the World against the collection of Sunni extremists, some being openly pro-Al Qaeda, that were bent on grabbing Kirkuk and its precious oil fields

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89. He was making them see how Koel already has one broken engagement thanks to Tarana and how she is now hell bent on keeping Koel away from the love of her life

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90. Women’s rights groups are hell-bent on blurring the natural roles of men and women

91. However, it appeared that someone seemed bent on harming Mr

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92. circumstances, to concentrate on even a single idea, much less three at once) Schmoozeglutton knew that it would be difficult to dissuade Obeast from his chosen course in any case: how could you stop a troll bent on stupidity? He could order him to stop, but would he? If he didn’t, would he, Schmoozeglutton, be willing to back it up with a fight? Under ordinary circumstances, of course he would

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93. bent on carving their way into a watery grave

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94. way at the bottom and you have your knee bent on the leg that’s on

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95. I was the only one hell bent on staying in the game

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96. That mission in fact has already started to be enforced, with two groups of Egyptian aircraft bent on bombing Tel Aviv and Beersheba having been intercepted and shot down by our fighters

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97. “The Cardassians seem hell bent on destroying the NC with you on it

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98. She considered the little girl to be a monster, hell-bent on causing chaos in her class

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99. They were also bent on defending the President, who was a republican, pointing at the immediate threat represented by the Soviet ultimatum

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100. There are others who say you are so bent on self