natural
artistic, intellectual, literary, philosophical, political, scientific

have
She has an artistic bent.

show
He showed a literary bent from a young age.

with bent
a child with a scientific bent

bent for
a natural bent for languages

be, look
become, get
The post got bent in the crash.

slightly
He stood with knees slightly bent.

bent double
The man shuffled back a few paces, bent almost double.

Bent is used with these nouns:
back, head, knee, nail, pin