| 2H6 II.i.162 | [Buckingham to King, of the traitors] A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent |
| Ham IV.iii.44 | [Claudius to Hamlet] everything is bent / For England |
| KJ II.i.422 | [King John to Hubert] We are bent to hear |
| Mac III.iv.133 | [Macbeth to Lady Macbeth] I am bent to know / By the worst means the worst |
| MND III.ii.145 | [Helena to all] I see you all are bent / To set against me for your merriment |
| Per Chorus.II.23 | [Gower alone, of Helicanus] Sends word ... / How Thaliard came full bent with sin |
| Sonn.90.2 | [] while the world is bent my deeds to cross |
| Tit IV.iv.64 | [Aemilius to Saturninus, of the Goths] bent to the spoil, / They hither march amain |
| Ven.618 | [Venus to Adonis, of a boar] Like to a mortal butcher bent to kill |