paying attention

Example Sentences

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As Salon’s Alex Galbraith recently explained in his daily newsletter, Crash Course, Walsh assumes his viewers “weren’t paying attention when their history classes got slightly more complicated.”

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Puig made it clear his mind was made up in favor of the pharmaceutical companies, which he attributed in a later interview to paying attention and diligently taking notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Instead, experts recommend paying attention to overall health, caffeine intake, and blood pressure levels.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

People will stop paying attention to the roads before they are supposed to.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Even though it was a cool idea, I had a hard time paying attention.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas