single-minded
Example Sentences
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A former star student and long-distance runner from a prominent family in Amarillo, Texas, Griffin goes into her first session with a competitor’s single-minded determination to, as she writes, “get to the finish line.”
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026
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
Theodosius was the Christian Roman emperor who embraced the Nicene Creed as the religion of empire in the late fourth century, conducting a single-minded suppression of paganism in the lands over which he ruled.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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
It was that destructive single-minded love of his.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
