FOCUS in a Sentence
Learn FOCUS 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.
143 example sentences for FOCUS, such as:
1. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime.
2. He felt he needed to focus more on his career.
3. The focus on my camera isn't working properly.
4. The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.
5. Education is the current focus of public debate.
2. He felt he needed to focus more on his career.
3. The focus on my camera isn't working properly.
4. The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.
5. Education is the current focus of public debate.
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Meanings and Examples of FOCUS
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focus
n. a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
n. the concentration of attention or energy on something
Classic Sentence:
1 A whole village-full of sensuous emotion, scattered abroad all the year long, surged here in a focus for an hour.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
2 It was the pitiful sight of a man standing in the very focus of sorrow.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 1 "Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery"
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 1 "Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery"
3 Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
4 At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my declining years to the composition of a textbook, which shall focus the whole art of detection into one volume.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
5 It was impossible to believe that she had herself ever been a focus of activities.
6 She did not wish to see him again, not because she feared his influence, but because his presence always had the effect of cheapening her aspirations, of throwing her whole world out of focus.
7 That unblinkingly vivid Japanese sun seems the blazing focus of the glassy ocean's immeasurable burning-glass.
8 Man is not a circle with a single centre; he is an ellipse with a double focus.
9 La Rochelle, which had derived a new importance from the ruin of the other Calvinist cities, was, then, the focus of dissensions and ambition.
10 Stephen's mind halted by instinct, checked by the strange tone and the imagery and by the priest's face which seemed like an unlit lamp or a reflector hung in a false focus.
11 Not only is Georgia thus the geographical focus of our Negro population, but in many other respects, both now and yesterday, the Negro problems have seemed to be centered in this State.
12 As the sergeant stepped into the room, his rifle at trail, Rhett, evidently trying to steady himself, put a hand on the captain's arm and, with difficulty, focused his eyes.
13 The sun's heat is rarely strong enough to burn, even when it is focused by dewdrops, as is sometimes the case in more tropical districts.
14 It seemed as if the very light of the candles was focused on those two happy faces alone.
15 Cochepaille pushed up his sleeve; all eyes were focused on him and on his bare arm.
Example Sentence: (128 in 9 pages)
1 I think Dave likes to be the focus of attention.
2 The visit helped to focus world attention on the plight of the refugees.
3 It's time to focus on the company's core business.
4 The focus on my camera isn't working properly.
5 He felt he needed to focus more on his career.
6 The focus of the conference shifted from population growth to the education of women.
7 Education is the current focus of public debate.
8 We shall maintain our focus on the needs of the customer.
9 The talks will focus on economic development of the region.
10 His administration's economic policy would focus on reining in inflation.
11 It took an extraordinary effort to focus on preparing his classes or correcting his students' work.
12 The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
13 If you focus the sun's rays on dry wood with a burning-glass, it will start burning.
14 The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.
15 In the background, in soft focus, we see his smiling wife.