bend
verb (used with object)
to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form.
has bent
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present perfectof bend (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“For now, trust has bent, but hasn’t broken. If it breaks, momentum will persist for longer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Musk’s association with his companies is like market pixie dust, which is why Tesla’s board of directors has bent over backwards to give him money he doesn’t need in an effort to keep him happy.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025
In the long run, the world of music journalism has bent to the whims of the hyper-consumerist digital age just like all journalism has changed to meet the demands of the digital age.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023
“In the meadow, there, a red kalyna has bent down low. For some reason, our glorious Ukraine has been worried so,” they sang.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
They are all provident as a people, and since the close of the war the nation has bent every energy toward industrial development.
From Travels in the Far East by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
