How to Use focused in a Sentence

focused

adjective

• Also, stay focused on the present and avoid rehashing past arguments.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
• Reading a text or scrolling through your phone can make things worse because your eyes stay focused on a screen that appears still while the car keeps moving.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026
• The spare, focused style of Naza has a grim, artful beauty, all in service of the subject matter.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
• Besides a necklace of thorns, which draws small drops of blood, Kahlo appears to be more focused on the relief of healing.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
• That’s why the Raiders will be heavily run-focused without Bowers.
  — Sam Warren, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
• But opposing teams will be more focused on shutting him down at all costs, which should open up opportunities elsewhere.
  — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
• The increase comes as voters remain focused on affordability and the cost of living.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
• Chen says the fashion exec who best understands this shift is hyper-focused on engagement, rather than followers.
  — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026
• This new format is ever more focused on high-end and luxury design from design-forward and established firms in the business.
  — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
• Danielle Fishel says Girl Meets World was too focused on Ben Savage’s Cory Matthews.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
• The New York Democrat is singularly focused on winning back control of the House.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
• And Detroit’s front office seems more focused on fostering internal growth than looking to bring someone in to be that secondary perimeter scorer.
  — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
• Under new ownership, the company is less focused on the product that made its name and more on where the business goes from here to better serve the watch collecting community.
  — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
• Ermenegildo Zegna Group remains focused on delivering sustainable and profitable growth both online and in its stores.
  — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
• While his medical team remains focused on supporting his recovery from these injuries, his progress over the past several days has been encouraging.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
• The South Louisville woman is more focused on a spark of imagination than curating her outfit and manicuring her hands for their closeup.
  — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Sep. 2026
• Burnham's spokesperson brushed aside the threat and said the prime minister strongly believes in the union and was more focused on lowering the cost of living than dealing with constitutional debates.
  — Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
• Cramer said investors appear overly focused on signs that Five Below’s extraordinary comparable sales growth has peaked.
  — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
• The 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win was Shelton’s most complete and focused performance of the tournament.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
• Mamdani has not directly respond to Giuliani's comments, instead saying the anniversary should remain focused on the victims and first responders.
  — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
• Specialized work rarely offers instant gratification, and the people who succeed are usually those who can remain focused through the frustrating early stages of learning.
  — Matthew Darienzo, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
• While his hit-and-run is investigated as a hate crime, the narrator, who is teaching a seminar on autofiction, is more focused on his entanglement with his colleague, Lucie.
  — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
• That changing threat has also fueled a broader debate over whether the institutions created after 9/11 became too large, too expensive or too focused on the dangers of the previous era.
  — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
• To reach young customers, Journeys is heavily focused on social media, with TikTok and Instagram being its strongest platforms.
  — Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
• Their effectiveness depends on power output, beam quality, tracking accuracy, atmospheric conditions, and the time a laser can remain focused.
  — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
• Christina Oster-Daum, the German beauty company’s cofounder and president, credits its sustained growth to remaining focused on that mission.
  — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
• The Crown Center plan, as currently written, is more focused on funding for the new stadium itself and related facilities like team offices, alongside infrastructure.
  — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2026
• Nadella said Microsoft remains focused on broad access to models offered through its Azure cloud-computing business, enterprise control of models, and the development of its own first-party models.
  — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
• Tensions remain despite devolution of power Burnham’s spokesperson brushed aside the threat and said the prime minister strongly believes in the union and was more focused on lowering the cost of living than dealing with constitutional debates.
  — Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
• Former airline pilot and safety expert Steve Arroyo said the details released Wednesday show a lack of teamwork in the cockpit and suggest the pilot at the controls may have been too focused on the landing to acknowledge the speed warnings.
  — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026