focused

In a sentence

Six example sentences with focused, each labelled with its topic.

• The wedding photographer stayed focused on her shot list through every distraction, ignoring guests who kept waving for portraits.

  Photography

• The editor was so focused on the final cut that she worked through three lunches without noticing the trays outside her door.

  Movies

• For six years the graduate student stayed focused on a single enzyme, turning down every side project her advisor offered.

  Science

• The point guard stayed focused through a hostile arena, running the final play exactly as drawn on the whiteboard.

  Basketball

• The founders stayed focused on one product for two years, turning down every partnership that would have split the team.

  Startups

• The speedrunner was so focused on the final split that she did not hear the crowd counting down behind her.

  Gaming

Found in these word lists

Found in 2 published word listsAuthoritative

• Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)
• New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)

Each source is a published word list that contains focused. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

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