fix attention

Example Sentences

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It enables critics to fix attention on the precise value of the proposed remedy instead of discussing whether the suggested reform is necessary.

From A Grammar of Freethought by Cohen, Chapman

But he could not fix attention on it.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

More and more, however, within recent years has it been the fashion to fix attention upon his shortcomings, and this attitude has led some people to strange conclusions.

From Your Negro Neighbor by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith

In such a country men have glimpses of the rules of honor, but they have seldom time to fix attention upon them.

From Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Reeves, Henry

I have furnished documents for the history of the arts; I have aroused and tried to fix attention upon that luminous point which was threatened with oblivion.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various