attentive

Example Sentences

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It prompts me to be less attentive, because I perceive the notetaker as a safety net.

From Slate • May 24, 2026

Since becoming a mother, keepers said she had settled "beautifully" into her new role, and was proving to be "calm, attentive and content", while trusting her keepers to be nearby but not too close.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Simi Valley police said that, whether operating bicycles, or electric bicycles or other motorized devices, riders need to “remain alert and attentive near roadways and railroad crossings.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

So-called automated driver-assistance systems like Full Self-Driving require drivers to remain attentive to the road at all times and resume control of the vehicle if prompted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He smiled with some satisfaction in the rapt attitudes of his hearers; for both of us could not have been more attentive, though I, for empty shew, flipped the pages of my Locke.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson