single-minded

Example Sentences

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"I think Ant has done that well and he's single-minded enough to blank out a lot of the noise. It's one of his strengths."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 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

Nick can be pretty single-minded when he’s feeling intellectual.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli