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Meanings of seem bent in English

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Usage of seem bent in English
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At present they seem bent on showing their incapacity to govern even themselves.
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
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You seem bent on making me unhappy, and it is not what you promised.
Doom Castle
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You seem bent on proving that the four-leaved clover was a true prophet of marriage.
Dr. Dumany's Wife
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You seem bent on the conviction he was up to mischief here, around this post.
From the Ranks
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You seem bent on doing something that's going to hurt everybody you supposedly care about.
The secret life of ceecee wilkes
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The whites seem bent on revolution to prevent the force and effect of Negro majorities.
History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other...
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People in high quarters in England seem bent on believing that the Congress will do wonders.
Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C...
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But then, the men you take up with seem bent on producing as many as possible!
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Yet that's what our politicians seem bent on.
The Guardian
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Some drivers seem bent on winning a race that is going on in their own heads.
The Irish Times
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Orgoreyn is in the pattern, in its way; at least they seem bent on pushing things around.
The Left Hand of Darkness
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For now, however, the companies seem bent on using the cash to scoop up targets while they can.
Reuters
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Someone remarked that the white people in Singapore seem bent on checking the over-powering heat with internal irrigation.
The Log of the Empire State
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They seem bent upon attempting it.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
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Indeed, they seem bent on bestowing all their conversational outbreaks on these two worthies, to their unmitigated astonishment.
Molly Bawn
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The pop-punk progenitors seem bent on cementing their place among the current rock elite, with an eye on the all-time best live acts.
Reuters
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