single-minded
Example Sentences
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This may yet be a brilliant piece of foresight by the FA to keep one of the best, most single-minded, successful coaches in world football.
From BBC
In fact, Rome had greater manpower; through the innovation of the corvus, or boarding bridge, Rome leveled Carthage’s advantage at sea, and appears to have been more single-minded and ruthless.
The kid who combined a 6-foot-5 frame with single-minded focus once watched film so late into the night that he accidentally locked himself in the football facility.
Smith was single-minded about batting - his first book was entitled Quest for Number One.
From BBC
“A bit single-minded, though. He only goes in straight lines. That’s bound to get dull, boring, tedious, and uninteresting after a bit.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
