Sentence examples for we are bent from inspiring English sources
The phrase "we are bent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a strong determination or inclination towards a particular action or belief. Example: "In our pursuit of justice, we are bent on ensuring that every voice is heard and valued."
That misalignment, in her view, is largely due to a core tension in contemporary Western culture: we are "bent on living forever, but committed to the disposable nature of absolutely everything else," which has left us ill at ease with the realities of physical existence and without the rituals that used to lead us through loss.
We are bent on it being one type of problem and one sector's responsibility.
Seems to me we are bent on recklessly expanding NATO, without giving much afterthought to its overarching mission statement.
And it doesn't have to stop at $20. Oil is the most precious commodity we possess, if we are bent on maintaining our current form of life.
Instead of God's reign, it will be Our reign, we think, instead of God's kingdom, Ours, which means we are bent, in so many ways, on our own destruction.
"I would not go down the road as if we are bending the rules but if there is Welsh blood in the family, they are welcome with us," Coleman said.
On Dec. 27, 2000, a Citigroup banker sent an e-mail message to colleagues about Bacchus, stating that "we made a lot of exceptions to our standard policies, I am sure we have gone out of our way to let them know that we are bending over backwards for them.... let's remember to collect this i.o.u.o.u
We are bending that arc with our relationships.
We are bending our lives and our government around the corporations' outsized sense of their own importance.
It bends because all of us are putting our hand on the arc and we are bending it in that direction.
If we were bent on ridding Wall Street of those dreaded bonuses, banks would have to pay much higher fixed salaries to remain competitive.
