Sentence examples for she was dead set on from inspiring English sources

She was dead set on Park Slope and I was dead set on buying a place with closets and a stove, so, as you can imagine, it was a trying time.

From age 12, she was dead set on becoming a biomedical engineer.

Regardless of whether Holmes stays in the Chelsea residence, one thing's for sure: She is "dead set" on keeping custody of daughter Suri, 6, a source told Us Weekly.

We wanted him to look like somebody who was dead set on one thing.

She is dead-set on not attending, and I am not going to try to persuade her that she needs to do this, because the ceremony is purely for academics; her achievements span far beyond the academic field, and what she really has had to face head-on cannot be represented by a diploma.

I was dead set on becoming a psychology major.

"I was dead set on toiling in obscurity," he said.

But Schipper was dead set on getting it right.

-- As a child, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas was dead set on being a veterinarian.

Previously everyone was dead set on getting themselves a rich husband".

By her 2L year, Regina Fitzpatrick '08 was dead set on working for the U.N. on a peacekeeping mission.