How To Use Hell-bent In A Sentence
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In fact the entire year seems hell-bent on hurtling towards December 25 in a desperate, harried, headlong rush.
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He still had his arms swinging, his head looking forward, hell-bent on getting where he were going.
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Each side is hell-bent on refuting the other's arguments, rather than examining them dispassionately.
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Joyce was hell-bent on poking fun at the powers that be.
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Their leader is a man who's hell-bent on overpopulating the planet.
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With the zeal of a crusading physician hell-bent on finding a cure for her patient, she grilled judges, fellow coaches, and officials to amass their best advice.
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Of course, there are many problems with the increased plasticization of our society, and the fact that Hollywood and the media are hell-bent on churning out female "stars" that were made from the same Playboy Approved! rubber stamp is reason enough for massive concern.
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That would be entirely reasonable from their point of view, as we seem hell-bent on importing a culture they do not like and do not trust.
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Cycling effortlessly between granite-hard drum excursions, creditable rapping and guitar riffage, the sinewy star seems hell-bent on vibing up the crowd.
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The council seems to be hell-bent on penalising the citizens of York, who are most affected by the scandalous parking charges imposed in the evening.
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The rest of society is hell-bent on spending money in other areas but, at the same time, those earning don't want any increase in their tax to pay for it all.
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Many Americans saw her as a calculating, cold egomaniac who was hell-bent on taking the presidency for herself.
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Instantly the mouse began running in counterclockwise circles as if hell-bent on winning a murine Olympics.
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The council seems to be hell-bent on penalising the citizens of York, who are most affected by the scandalous parking charges imposed in the evening.
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While auditing a class taught by Robert Lowell at Boston University, Sylvia met another poet hell-bent on suicide, Anne Sexton.
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We will match their determination with our own; we will be as resolute as they are fanatical; as strong in defence of good as they are hell-bent on doing evil.
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If DC is hell-bent on not collecting this all in one volume, the event should be split into halves, with both titles interleaved through each volume to tell the story in its proper sequence.
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He seems hell-bent on drinking himself to death.
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I mean, Harry has been hell-bent on killing Peter for quite a while now, but a brief 30 second conversation with the butler is enough to make him see the light and change his mind?
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Each side is hell-bent on refuting the other's arguments, rather than examining them dispassionately.
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Many of its practitioners seem hell-bent on building muscle mass at any and all costs.
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Having to saddle up a mud-encrusted bike and ride hell-bent in inky blindness is a dicey proposition.
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The Democrats remain hell-bent on convincing the American public that they are unfit to govern.
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Thereal reason that Japan is so hell-bent on continuing its whaling isbecause it fears that a ban would be the thin end of the wedge.
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Under his leadership the Conservatives would remain obsessed with Europe and hell-bent on tax cuts.
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They will be hell-bent on revenge after losing to Bradford on the final day of last season at Northcliffe.
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There was serious opposition, but it looked like the government was hell-bent on its plan.
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In the foreground of this picture is a cowboy galloping hell-bent for election to head off the stampede.
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Is it a coincidence that the burgeoning war between Christianity and Islam seems hell-bent for Armageddon?
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We will match their determination with our own; we will be as resolute as they are fanatical; as strong in defence of good as they are hell-bent on doing evil.
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Central to Ensler's work is the idea that the tension between the sayable and the unsayable is created by the powers that be, a.k.a. patriarchy, hell-bent on suppressing what Ensler dubs the "girl cell.
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Doug's physician tried to forbid him to lift weights, but he was so hell-bent on becoming Samsonesque that he ignored the doctor.
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He has made a career out of exploring the darker side of the human psyche, of exposing obsessive characters who seem hell-bent on self-destruction.
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And she is still fighting the same ‘renegade’ IRS agent, who, she says, seems hell-bent on liquidating the business.
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Some people seem hell-bent on misinterpreting you, even people you thought weren't inclined to having jerky knees.
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The ANC is hell-bent on the name Gauteng, finish and klaar," Jan
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Just as importantly, these two major powers appear to be hell-bent on usurping an authority which has stood us in good stead for more than half a century.
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In this scene, Edgardo and Enrico, both hell-bent on revenge, breathe fire at each other, and Donizetti responds with an appropriately militant duet for tenor and baritone.
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It's pretty much a building site at the moment, but the country is hell-bent on bringing the very best companies out here to make it their Asian base.
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Is it a coincidence that the burgeoning war between Christianity and Islam seems hell-bent for Armageddon?
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The rest of the dinner, I was hell-bent on getting him to eat French fries, drink wine, have dessert and say bad words, things he never seemed to allow himself to do.
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Here, she plays an extreme introvert who's hell-bent on revenge.
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hell-bent on winning
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He was postured upright, near a myriad of hell-bent souls waiting in line, hugging each other and slapping hands ... giving big grins with a whoop here and there.
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Now it seems the Americans - perhaps with Britain in tow - seem hell-bent on taking care of unfinished business.
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Those in power are hell-bent on destroying the planet, and most people don't care.
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He also had the skill to make almost any interview work, even when the person in the guest chair was tongue-tied or full of themselves and hell-bent on plugging some current endeavor.
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At the time, project planners were hell-bent on sticking a shopping center underneath the school, and they carved away much of the natural topography in the process.
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The intruders were hell-bent on taking that which never belonged to them.
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What's in the water that makes Bay Area foodies hell-bent on feeding the world safe & healthy food (carried in non-plastic bags handstitched by non-corporations)?
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And it is also true that he is a good, hell-bent, cold-hearted writer, and his books are exciting and powerful and - if I may filch the word from the booksy ones - pulsing.
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It is in my book for what it is worth called misappropriation of taxpayer funds when the federal government allows tax payer money to be funneled through AIG and other institutions to foreign banks or institutions for any reason and states better wake up and take notice how these socialist in government today are hell-bent to take over the running of state governments.
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If you are unconvinced and not familiar with climate science, take a moment to look up where the phrases “divergence problem” and “teleconnection” came from, and then tell me that this is a serious science not hell-bent on showing warming no matter what.
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He expects a busy afternoon against a team hell-bent on making amends for last year's blip in an otherwise tremendous season.
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He led his team of skilful but unpredictable players to Portugal, hell-bent on adding to his formidable reputation.
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The council seems to be hell-bent on penalising the citizens of York, who are most affected by the scandalous parking charges imposed in the evening.
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Paul Schrader has made a career out of exploring the darker side of the human psyche, of exposing obsessive characters who seem hell-bent on self-destruction.
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Do not envy the allure of the red wolf, gray wolf too hell-bent is love.
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I have always been hell-bent on being a lady and I have always demanded respect.
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Diane and Paul Brown are hell-bent on creating a cosy environment in this smart split-level restaurant just off the High Street in Dunfermline.
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A player who was never allowed to scale the heights in his homeland, he is now returning as a crucial component of a team hell-bent on constant improvement.
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His portrayal of a tortured child, brutally beaten into adult villainy gives depth to what is otherwise just your average mad, evil, genius hell-bent on destroying Earth.
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Europe meets Asia and antiquity meets a young, throbbing, vibrant city as hell-bent on enjoyment and innovation as any city in the West.
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Kramer and his allies are hell-bent on drawing an unflattering picture of the candidate and his crew.
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Hell for breakfast" ( "Hell-bent for breakfast") adv Also hell-bent for breakfast chiefly West Cf hell-for-leather adv, hell-bent for election adv phr 1, hell-to-breakfast, from
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