hell-bent
adjective
: stubbornly and often recklessly determined or intent
hell-bent on winning
hell-bent
adverb
Examples of hell-bent in a Sentence
she's hell-bent on a career in show business and heaven help anyone who gets in her way
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The professor went through newspaper clippings, congressional testimony and government reports to paint a picture of a government hell-bent on splashy headlines to scare Mexican migrants into returning to their homeland and deterring others from making the trek to el Norte.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Seward and Sumner tried to prove to the Cabinet that the British were hell-bent on war.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The veto was a terrible blow to the cause of reparations, which has been gaining momentum across the country despite the Trump administration, which seems hell-bent on sending America backwards.
—Robert Turner, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025
Right now, the powers that be in America, humorless and self-aggrandizing, are hell-bent on running down whatever lies in their path.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Seward and Sumner tried to prove to the Cabinet that the British were hell-bent on war.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The veto was a terrible blow to the cause of reparations, which has been gaining momentum across the country despite the Trump administration, which seems hell-bent on sending America backwards.
—Robert Turner, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025
Right now, the powers that be in America, humorless and self-aggrandizing, are hell-bent on running down whatever lies in their path.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for hell-bent
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“Hell-bent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hell-bent. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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