How to Use dead set in a Sentence

dead set

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• Leo is dead set against the likes of angels.
  — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
• This faction was dead set against the sharing of any school supplies.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
• But Jeff continued to drive and glass, dead set on putting his mule deer tag last.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
• Bronwyn is so dead set on proving this group does not operate in a way that’s fair.
  — Sarah Hagi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
• The film is about two teenagers dead set on doing revenge on each other’s nemesis.
  — Meecham Whitson Meriweather, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2022
• Trump and the Republicans are dead set on massive tax cuts for the rich.
  — Richard McGahey, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
• These aliens lurking about seem to be dead set on making everyone pregnant.
  — Kelly McClure, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
• With Aubry dead set against her, there was really nothing Genevieve could do.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
• There can only be one girlboss in this cast, and Wendy is dead set on making sure that woman is her.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 18 July 2021
• Lister was dead set on living forever even as his wife, Waryel, begged him to pull the plug on his project.
  — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
• But an organized group of anti-mask crusaders from around the state is dead set against letting this happen.
  — Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
• Sasha is dead set against appearing on the Strange Exits podcast.
  — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022
• Republicans, who spent a decade dead set on repealing the law, blocked any policies to expand its reach.
  — New York Times, 27 Feb. 2021
• This time, Twigs seemed dead set on being properly understood.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
• The Offspring are dead set on making history — in a rather unusual way.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2026
• But nothing seems to be going right for Hank, who’s in the midst of a midlife crisis and seems dead set on burning his life down to the ground.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2023
• The conference was dead set on landing a media rights deal before expanding, rather than the other way around.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
• Since the firm started streaming in 2007, company leaders have been dead set against ads.
  — Jon Markman, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• The Spartans will be dead set on avenging last season’s decisive loss in Seattle.
  — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
• Until a few months ago, Saudi Arabia was dead set against normalization.
  — Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2023
• Also, if Meyers is dead set on leaving the team, the Raiders would have to get moving on a trade as soon as possible.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
• Musk is dead set on turning Tesla into a company that makes robots and robotaxis.
  — Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
• Coach Joanne is dead set on turning things around this season despite having just been brutally dumped by her girlfriend and co-founder of the team.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
• Those same lawmakers are now dead set on removing Yoon, though their first attempt has proven unsuccessful.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
• Foster was dead set on Shiksa, but Netflix executives balked.
  — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
• If this week’s master plan reflects a company that is dead set on moving beyond cars, the divergence started back around the time of that second report.
  — Patrick George, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
• Of course, governments tend to be much better at getting in the way than getting out of it, and Biden is dead set on staying in the way of lower energy prices.
  — David Blackmon, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
• While vaccine opponents may appear vocal, medical experts say most are not dead set against the vaccination and need that push brought up by a mandate.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2021
• Goff and other medical experts added that the mandates also reach a wider group of people who aren’t completely dead set against the vaccination.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2021
• Still, lawmakers at the March 23 hearing seemed dead set on dealing with TikTok as a one-off problem.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 25 Mar. 2023