single-minded
Example Sentences
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For Mr. Lieberman, a welcome alternative to single-minded diets can be found by looking at regions sometimes called Blue Zones, which are associated with exceptional longevity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Stubborn, single-minded and tireless, lionized and controversial, the Los Angeles water boss was 72.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Johnson, who sold his company Braintree to PayPal in 2013 for $800 million, has spent the last five years on a single-minded quest to reverse his biological age to 18.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
The star-flooded nights, the dew-soaked dawns, the hushed ambulatories, the enforced asceticism—never has Werner felt part of something so single-minded.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
