Sentence examples for because they were bent from inspiring English sources

Because they were bent on controlling the nation, they clearly had no other choice, since their agenda stood so completely opposed to the religious "glue" that had bound the nation together for so many years -- the "glue" that had been forged in the partial agreement between the Founders and the Second Great Awakening.

The machines, however, reject some quarters because they are bent, chipped or otherwise damaged.

Dangerous because they are bending over backward to call a fashion show serious art.

Mind you, nowhere in that sentence do I infer a belief that these men took this approach because they were hell bent on helping women rise to the top.

Note: A hardcover or hardback book is bound with a thick cover that protects the internal pages well because they cannot be bent outside the cover (you can still bend them inside if you wished).

The launch of the larger iPhones was soon followed by online video claims they could be bent because they were so thin.

They tried to bend iPhones to prove that they could be bent, because an employee at the Apple store told them that Bendgate was an "online rumor".

And because the wires are malleable, they can be bent for access to hard-to-reach areas.

This policy was to have disastrous long-term consequences for Russians, because they were seen as imperialists bent on Russifying the locals.

Minutes later, he said he would win Florida because he was bent on getting "real results for real people," presumably through reform.

But this one is particularly weird because Elvis is bent on going to Washington but won't say why.