short attention span

Example Sentences

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“Crypto traders have a short attention span, so they want to see quick returns and they want to see volatility,” said Fraussen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

"That phrase stuck with me. I've got a very short attention span I think."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

When you hear this album, for all the youngsters with a short attention span, let me go ahead and get y'all out the way now.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024

Yes, Prime was so bold that he even challenged the conventional logic that today’s viewer has a short attention span.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023

The family then moved back to Britain, where Mack grew up in Aberdeen, and became a scientist, a tinkerer, a great piano player, with a bit of a short attention span himself.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel