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BENT ON
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fixed in your purpose
Example:
out to win every event
Synonyms:
bent; bent on; dead set; out to
Classified under:
Similar:
resolute (firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination)
Context examples:
But under it all they were men, penetrating the land of desolation and mockery and silence, puny adventurers bent on colossal adventure, pitting themselves against the might of a world as remote and alien and pulseless as the abysses of space.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He had followed the trail of his fleeing people for eleven days, and his pursuit had been in itself a flight; for behind him he knew full well were the dreaded Russians, toiling through the swampy lowlands and over the steep divides, bent on no less than the extermination of all his people.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Her progress was not quick, for her thoughts and her eyes were still bent on the object so well calculated to interest and alarm; and though she dared not waste a moment upon a second attempt, she could not remain many paces from the chest.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Elinor was hardly less anxious than herself for their removal, and only so much less bent on its being effected immediately, as that she was conscious of the difficulties of so long a journey, which Marianne could not be brought to acknowledge.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
He who, she had been persuaded, would avoid her as his greatest enemy, seemed, on this accidental meeting, most eager to preserve the acquaintance, and without any indelicate display of regard, or any peculiarity of manner, where their two selves only were concerned, was soliciting the good opinion of her friends, and bent on making her known to his sister.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Amidst this sordid scene, sat a man with his clenched hands resting on his knees, and his eyes bent on the ground.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
In spite of various very natural temptations to resent and retaliate, Amy adhered to her resolution all the next day, bent on conquering her enemy by kindness.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Anne, seeing her friend to be earnestly bent on it, did as she was desired.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
She seemed bent on giving no real insight into Mr. Dixon's character, or her own value for his company, or opinion of the suitableness of the match.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I was swept away, but not unkindly, to some distance, where the people around me made me stay; urging, as I confusedly perceived, that he was bent on going, with help or without, and that I should endanger the precautions for his safety by troubling those with whom they rested.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
