Sentence examples for bent on using from inspiring English sources

Democrats like nothing better than presenting themselves as the guardians of Medicare -- protecting its finances while adding a broad prescription drug benefit -- against Republicans bent on using the surplus for "tax cuts for the rich".

These narratives are interesting in and of themselves, but Nelson isn't just airing her feelings; she's bent on using these experiences as ways of prying the culture open, of investigating what it is that's being so avidly defended and policed.

ANTONIA TAMPLIN Bronx, Oct. 17, 2013 To the Editor: There were no winners, only losers, as the United States was taken to the brink of default by a small faction of Republicans bent on using the good faith and credit of the United States as a tool for political extortion.

Weapon exports need to be better controlled to avoid European arms falling into the hands of terrorists bent on using them against us, according to a report adopted by MEPs, which called for the creation of an independent European arms control authority to monitor if firms abide by commonly agreed minimum rules.

She said the document appropriately emphasizes irregular warfare -- focused on terrorists and rogue regimes bent on using insurgency or weapons of mass destruction -- but might go too far.

Although Hamas and Hezbollah are different organizations, they are both run by religious fundamentalists bent on using terrorism to achieve political goals.

We're appointing ourselves "buzzword czars," bent on putting "strict limits" on their use and proliferation.

Your treatise on the adoption topic merely serves to further a gay agenda bent on the use of any issue to further one world view, does not sound like liberty or equality, more like religion.Kenneth Daigle.

We are painfully aware of the tremendous challenges that lie ahead for Iran in its peaceful resistance to a deeply authoritarian power structure bent on the use of sheer hypocrisy, fear, intimidation and brute force to hold on to power.

Sony, which developed the Memory Stick (and its smaller brother, the Memory Stick Duo), is hell-bent on using the Memory Stick in all of its products.

"If you're hell-bent on using leverage for longer than a day, use a margin account" and stick to equities, suggests Justice.