single-minded

Example Sentences

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The revolutionary pharoah builds a great city and reduces spiritual chaos by focusing on a single-minded form of worship.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

When that level of single-minded intensity is brought to reforming the physical body, Campbell said, it can set the conditions for other kinds of extremism.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2026

This year, all three are dialed toward stimulus, reflecting a single-minded focus by Trump and Congressional Republicans on faster economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

But he acted out that premise at scale with impressive velocity and single-minded genius, attracting millions of dollars in backing and legions of followers.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

We might be inclined to laugh at the extravagance of his beauty-worship if there were not some-thing almost magnificent in his single-minded dedication to it.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer