intently
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From Manhattan skyscrapers to rural barns, the subject matter shows that her observational skills could be focused as intently on the manmade world as on the natural one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Freed from narrative, sound and movement, his photographs indulge our desire to look longer and more intently than politeness would normally permit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“What is that?” he said, holding a corner of the comforter aloft, staring intently at something located where he had been about to lie down.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
"He was listening to the music intently, he was giving notes, it was just really a special and unique thing to see," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Chess thought, even as he listened more intently.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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