How to Use attentive in a Sentence

attentive

adjective

• The hospital is proud of its attentive staff.
• Our waiter was very attentive.
• This has made the males attentive to the mood of the female hawks.
  — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• The warm and attentive service is just the bean sprout on top.
  — Axios Charlotte Team, Axios, 19 July 2024
• But fans were attentive enough to add the gallery response that the pros longed for.
  — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 30 May 2021
• Among the group that sees it that way, 72% say Biden hasn't been attentive to the right issues.
  — Jennifer Agiesta, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
• The wine list is deep, and the service is attentive and knowledgable.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 9 July 2018
• There was a swim up bar and attentive service at the beach chairs.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
• The waitstaff is very attentive and the food arrives fast and hot.
  — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
• To be deeply attentive to one thing is, of course, to let others fall away.
  — Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
• Rocha was attentive to form while Buchanan caught each throw in a mitt with the ease and rhythm of a pizza dough twirler.
  — Sophia Kercher, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
• The staff was lovely, cheerful and attentive; the vibes were good.
  — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
• While the crane parents are attentive, both of its chicks face risks.
  — Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
• The moves turned her into the kind of person who makes friends fast—warm and attentive, but serene.
  — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 21 May 2019
• The hope is that the ref will, going forward, will be more attentive. ...
  — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2018
• Drivers are supposed to be attentive and keep their hands on the wheel.
  — Matt McFarland, CNN, 29 June 2021
• Few paintings seem as alive, as switched on, as attentive to you.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2020
• All the birds seemed happy to be with their fellow-birds, and with the gentle, attentive staff.
  — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
• Swift and Kelce’s menu Our waiter, Juan, was attentive, from the drink service to the entrees.
  — Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
• Hugo, one of the most attentive English setters, tucked in behind me on the floor and licked Cheyenne’s face.
  — Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2021
• And Lazaro says the defense can paint a picture of James Craig as a kind and attentive partner.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
• And Maria's dog, a sweet black mutt named Patchoulie, stood nearby, head cocked, attentive.
  — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2018
• The video features footage of the five adorable kittens and their attentive mother, named Toady.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
• Fans were much more attentive in the minutes before the game, at least in the seating areas.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2017
• The staff is attentive, the neighbors are warm, her two children have lots of playmates right on-site.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2018
• All kids need loving and attentive care, but the orchids even more so.
  — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2019
• Both attentive and wary, the animals seemed not from this world.
  — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
• These works are attentive to the rewards of story (What will happen to the butler on his road trip?
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2021
• The gleeful, attentive crowd — heavy on young women in cowgirl drag — cheered on the new songs and cheered even harder for the old ones.
  — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
• With little to no visitors during this period, staff have more time to be attentive, hands-on, and spend quality time with guests.
  — Maija De Rijk-Uys published, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025