single-minded
Example Sentences
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What it needs more than anything is a single-minded focus on getting kids ready for school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Creator Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-nominated postapocalyptic sci-fi series “Pluribus” focuses on a dozen or so people who somehow held onto their autonomy and did not join the rest of humanity as a collective, single-minded pod.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Kirchner was single-minded and spoke with a flat affect, rarely smiling or laughing, members said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
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
Nick can be pretty single-minded when he’s feeling intellectual.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
