Sentence examples for bent which from inspiring English sources

He's got a political bent, which I wanted".

The venerable Franklin had a profoundly radical bent, which his somewhat avuncular demeanor tended to disguise.

That is partly the result of its acquisitive bent, which itself may have limits.Antitrust issues are perhaps the biggest worry.

His predecessor, Kwik Kian Gie, was criticized for his scholarly bent, which critics said translated into halting policies.

Mr. Sherman is best known for his acclaimed 1979 Holocaust drama "Bent," which followed a gay man into the death camps.

(Much of his work from this period was published in the 1938 collection "My Ears are Bent," which was reissued in 2008 by Vintage).

The yoof want to feel cool, exclusive, quirky and not speak in the same manner as their 'rents, which is why they'll say things like "Nek minnit I had mahoosive FOMO" – a combination of Jamaican patois hybrid, portmanteau, acronym and drama.

Atomic force microscopy (AFM), single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET), and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies have revealed that MutS mismatch complexes adopt multiple bent conformations as well as an unbent (or slightly bent) conformation, which exist in dynamic equilibrium.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud case against the Bent family, which was behind the Reserve Primary Fund that broke the buck, ended up in personal victories for the Bents.

"It does suit me as far as shot-making goes, and certainly the bent grass, which I grew up on.

It also has a certain philosophical bent in which it discusses the meaning of life and death.