ATTENTION in a Sentence

Learn ATTENTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
356 example sentences for ATTENTION, such as:
1. It had been prolonged to avoid attention.
2. Don't pay any attention to what they say.
3. The sergeant stood to attention and saluted.
4. Children like to be the centre of attention.
5. He had grown unused to this sort of attention.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ATTENTION
attention
 n.  the faculty or power of mental concentration
 n.  a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  His very person and appearance were such as to strike the attention of the most casual observer.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Before pronouncing judgment, however, be it remembered, how objectless was my life, and how little there was to engage my attention.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3  At present my attention was centred upon the single grim motionless figure which lay stretched upon the boards, with vacant sightless eyes staring up at the discoloured ceiling.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
4  On the contrary, from his point of view, any sudden change would be likely to draw attention to himself.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
5  She took a place near the front and began flirting her white mane, hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons it was plaited with.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
6  Once again Clover and Benjamin warned him to take care of his health, but Boxer paid no attention.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
7  Three days later it was announced that he had died in the hospital at Willingdon, in spite of receiving every attention a horse could have.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
8  Then again, as the play or pageant proceeded, my attention was distracted.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
9  It had been prolonged to avoid attention.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
10  Yet his attention had never before been so sharply and decisively arrested; and it was with a strong, superstitious prevision of success that he withdrew into the entry of the court.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
11  Stephen, subsiding into his quiet manner, and never wandering in his attention, gave a nod.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI
12  She was so steadfastly occupied, that many minutes elapsed before she looked up from her work; when she did so Mr. Bounderby bespoke her attention with a hitch of his head.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI
13  The noise of the rain did not disturb him much; but it attracted his attention sufficiently to make him raise his head sometimes, as if he were rather remonstrating with the elements.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
14  The robbery at the Bank had not languished before, and did not cease to occupy a front place in the attention of the principal of that establishment now.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
15  Her voice so sunk into a low and slow communing with herself, that Sissy, sitting by her side, was obliged to listen with attention.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V
Example Sentence: (146 in 10 pages)
1  As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them.
2  But by then the administration wasn't paying attention, for top officials were fixated on Kuwait.
3  I tried not to draw attention to the weak points in my argument.
4  An article in the newspaper caught my attention.
5  Children like to be the centre of attention.
6  Don't pay any attention to what they say.
7  Sometimes the best way to get someone's attention,is to stop giving them yours.
8  He had grown unused to this sort of attention.
9  The magician's talk created a diversion of attention.
10  The sergeant stood to attention and saluted.
11  The media has brought more unwelcome attention to the Royal Family.
12  She tried to abstract my attention from my work.
13  Small children have a very short attention span.
14  Simon and Julian were vying for her attention all through dinner.
15  Kate sat up fully, her attention now totally concentrated.