Get to know Bent better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like set or damaged.
Bent in a sentence
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Bent meaning
simple past and past participle of bend
Synonyms of Bent
Using Bent
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of bend
- Useful related words include: unerect, set, damaged, dented.
- In the example corpus, bent often appears in combinations such as: bent on, bent over, hell bent.
Context around Bent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bent
- In this selection, "bent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, margaret, hell, ernst, trumpet, 1999 and upward stand out and add context to how "bent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dictator bent on rebuilding and angle is bent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bent" sits close to words such as australians, digits and disagree, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bent, meanwhile, was arguably the stand-out performer on the pitch. (11 words)
Almost every law is being bent to promote the interests of the City of London. (15 words)
In all cases the conception was probably what Margaret Bent (1999) calls "dyadic counterpoint", Margaret Bent (1999). (17 words)
Benes wrote in the complaint that the chair’s fall down the stairs damaged the left brake handle, broke the right armrest’s plastic moulding, bent a rear handle and caused the wheels to drag when moving forward. (38 words)
Bent trumpet Dizzy Gillespie with his bent trumpet, performing in 1988 Gillespie's trademark trumpet featured a bell which bent upward at a 45-degree angle rather than pointing straight ahead as in the conventional design. (36 words)
Harderlie told the jury that Bent had joined a local car club called “The Castaways” that Bird had also been in. Rumors began to spread about Bent that he was an “undercover cop,” which angered him. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bent trumpet Dizzy Gillespie with his bent trumpet, performing in 1988 Gillespie's trademark trumpet featured a bell which bent upward at a 45-degree angle rather than pointing straight ahead as in the conventional design.
Harderlie told the jury that Bent had joined a local car club called “The Castaways” that Bird had also been in. Rumors began to spread about Bent that he was an “undercover cop,” which angered him.
Left to cherish Ted’s memory is his loving son, Jason (and Becky Ernst) Bent of Knoxville, Illinois; his grandson, Wade Bent of Knoxville; and his sister, Pamela Crose of Galesburg.
In all cases the conception was probably what Margaret Bent (1999) calls "dyadic counterpoint", Margaret Bent (1999).
This bond angle is often referred to as being linear or bent with further discussion concerning the degree to which the angle is bent.
A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people’s love of liberties.
Ador said he and the rest of the town officials were bent on ensuring that Oras would become a “zero-plastic” municipality in the future.
After the time-skip, Eren is hell-bent on “moving forward” for Eldia’s sake through the Colossus Titans’ march.
A good few international borders were crossed between Bloemfontein and Arusha, so a fair number of bent individuals in several nations have a case to answer before the final credits roll on this whole sordid drama.
Almost every law is being bent to promote the interests of the City of London.
Also, I love how this DA's office is so hell-bent against gummies and edibles that they warn against toddlers and kids getting hold of this stuff.
Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose): Sit with one leg bent and the other leg crossed over it, twist your upper body to the side.
Asked if would take Lukaku at Arsenal, ex-England striker and Gunners supporter Bent told : ‘Yes, without a doubt.
As we walked, Ruth Giles Ott, in a black JazzinChicago.org shirt, instinctively bent to pick trash.
At that point, she bent over and as she called it, ‘turtled’, to try and protect her face because her nose had been broken,” the mother said.
A version of J. Jonah Jameson, Headline makes a shift from editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle to web-slinging superhero, but he still maintains his journalistic bent.
Ba could have added a third goal five minutes later when he got into the box on the right, checked back onto his left foot but then bent his shot wide.
Befitting its more psychological horror bent, 's story, and especially its ending, are open to multiple interpretations.
Benes wrote in the complaint that the chair’s fall down the stairs damaged the left brake handle, broke the right armrest’s plastic moulding, bent a rear handle and caused the wheels to drag when moving forward.
Bent, meanwhile, was arguably the stand-out performer on the pitch.
Common combinations with bent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bent on 40×
- bent over 18×
- hell bent 9×
- bent down 9×
- is bent 8×
- bent to 8×
- bent and 8×
- were bent 6×
- he bent 5×
- and bent 5×