fix attention

Example Sentences

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This may cause us, however, to fix attention, not upon the civil war, but upon the revolution of 1688.

From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education

I was too ill-dressed, and my manner was too simple, to attract or fix attention.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various

By its distinct connection of the favor of the deity with conduct it has tended to fix attention on the latter and to strengthen the feeling that righteousness is the sovereign thing.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

A twinge of pain at right infraorbital foramen, gradually increases; cannot fix attention on what I am reading.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Of the numerous species of insects which swarm in these regions, few are remarkable for beauty; but many fix attention by their peculiar habits.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina