Sentence examples for were bent on from inspiring English sources

They were bent on seeing one narrative moment in the painting.

The spectacular showing in the polls of Syriza and the far-right, ultra-nationalist Chrysi Avgi, which won 7% of the vote, is proof that, one way or another, Greeks were bent on venting their spleen.

Another demonstration was planned for November 15th, and the Vice-President described the organizers as "hard-core dissidents and professional anarchists," who were bent on holding a "wilder, more violent" demonstration than the one in October.

Hobbes's understanding of the emotions presented an important alternative to Descartes's 'functionalist' approach to the passions, one that made him attractive to authors such as Spinoza who were bent on eliminating even the whisper of teleological explanation.

They were bent on destroying and killing".

Others were bent on forming a new third party.

A daughter helping prosecutors who were bent on sending her mother to prison.

But the teams this week were bent on trying to keep things as normal as possible.

Instead, the former were bent on conquering and exterminating the latter.

The sexton knew that the Nazis were bent on destroying Judaism as well as killing Jews.

Some students of the language were bent on supporting his cause.