How to Use focus in a Sentence

focus

1 of 2 noun

• His life lacks a focus.
• He's successful, but he feels that his life lacks focus.
• This had been a focus for a while.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 25 May 2026
• And so that is the focus right now.
  — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
• This is not the right focus, per se.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• The focus turned to the five games ahead.
  — James McNicholas, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
• And that was our focus the last week.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
• There is no room for focus to be lost.
  — Mariia Yastreba, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
• That’s where my main focus goes.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
• That pace varies, but focus wins.
  — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
• Aim for depth, and keep joy in focus.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
• Rhubarb is the focus of this sweet, tangy pie.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
• So this spring, there was a lot of focus on my health.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
• Rolex was the same way, with more focus on sports pieces.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
• For now, the focus is on what’s in front of them.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
• Since day one, my focus has been to peel back the onion on this.
  — Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
• An ode to disco is a sure way to pull focus.
  — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
• Keep my focus on that and just keep moving.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
• One of his main focuses as chief will be on staffing.
  — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
• The movie was not the entire focus of the night though.
  — Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
• At this stage, all focus will be on ending the war.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 18 May 2026
• The focus was just on their love story.
  — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
• If fitness is your focus, go to the gym or the trail.
  — Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• That always brings me back to that focus.
  — Elise Devlin, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
• Instead, the focus is on just one room at a time.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
• During the day, the focus shifts from stars to sand.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
• Now, the focus is on what happens next.
  — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
• Our focus on our own ingroup makes our brains play tricks on us.
  — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• But for now, the focus is still packing foam.
  — Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
• With my brother back in jail, the focus has gone back to him.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024

focus

2 of 2 verb

• I wasn't able to get the camera to focus.
• I wasn't able to focus the camera.
• She has an amazing ability to focus for hours at a time.
• Jones is focused on the here and now.
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 21 June 2026
• She was focused more on the fun.
  — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
• Can’t focus on this for too long.
  — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
• And not all are focused on academia.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
• And so, that's what they are focused on.
  — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
• One group of works in the show is focused on coins.
  — Thomas Patier, Artforum, 27 Jan. 2026
• But there are some restaurants that are focused on it.
  — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
• Too many leaders are focused on job loss.
  — May Habib, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
• Write them down and focus on achieving them.
  — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
• Close your eyes and focus on your breathing.
  — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
• Users who see poorly may focus more on the sounds around them.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 7 Sep. 2021
• Tamura is focused on what comes next.
  — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
• That’s where Chase focused his thoughts on what needs to come next.
  — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
• That's the right issue to focus on.
  — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
• Their giving has focused on health care.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
• Some groups focus on data theft.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
• Other users focused on the irony.
  — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
• Warnings focus on an area the size of a city or small county.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2023
• Don’t focus on what’s going to happen in a week or two.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
• And focus on the content and not the space itself.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
• Her aim is to open a practice focusing on the care of — what else?
  — Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
• Her aim is to open a practice focusing on the care of — what else?
  — Eric Adler april 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
• You are focused on getting food on the table and putting gas in the car.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Redick focuses fully on each one at a time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
• Make a plan with your child that focuses on wellness and health above all.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2020
• Others focused less on the menu change and more on the calorie count.
  — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
• The initial idea was to focus on about a dozen venues in five or six cities, but that soon grew.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2021