All 23 Uses
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Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen
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- It reminded me of my mother's Subaru, the thought of which gave me a pang I quickly pushed away, focusing instead on the entrance to the highway, rising up in the distance.†
Chpt 8 *focusing = concentrating, or looking
- I opened my eyes, squinting down at my watch until it came into focus.†
Chpt 8 *focus = a state where something has come into view or can be seen clearly
- The night before, as I'd stood in the bathroom at Poplar House, it had been all that was familiar, the one thing I focused on as I faced the mirror.†
Chpt 1
- It's never something huge that changes everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you're busy focusing on the big picture.†
Chpt 1
- My sister was nothing if not driven and had always balanced the chaos that was our lives with a strict personal focus on order and organization.†
Chpt 2
- Instead, I just kept my focus forward, on the big intersection that lay ahead.†
Chpt 3
- I think you should just be focusing on school for the time being.†
Chpt 5
- 'I focused on pairing up socks as I said, 'Not much to tell.†
Chpt 6
- Right now, I can only focus on myself and this business.†
Chpt 7
- Jamie glanced up at me, but I focused on finishing the bite of cereal I'd just taken, chewing carefully as Cora flushed and turned her attention to the toaster oven.†
Chpt 7
- I narrowed my focus to just these five words, holding them in the center of my vision, even as there was a loud, ripping burp from behind me.†
Chpt 7
- I tried to focus on it, but it kept blurring, slightly to one side, then the other.†
Chpt 8
- So as I lay back on the ground, the sky already spinning above me, I tried to focus again on the idea of that wave I'd thought of earlier, wiping everything clean, blue and big and wide enough tosuck me in.†
Chpt 8
- As I tried to focus, I suddenly smelled dog breath'ugh'and my stomach twisted.†
Chpt 8
- It took me considerably longer to turn myself around'God, my head was pounding'and focus enough to see Nate, at the back of his car, easing in a pile of dry-cleaning.†
Chpt 8
- If Dr. Loomis feels they are not making a difference, please tell him to call me on my cell phone to discuss if there is further action to take, or whether I should just focus on keeping him comfortable.†
Chpt 10
- In which we focus on goodwill and peace on earth, and not on making as much money as possible?†
Chpt 12
- 'She's focused, livingand breathing the run.†
Chpt 12
- That first night, I hadn't really seen him shirtless, and now I could focus on little else.†
Chpt 12
- After a moment, all I could see was her head bobbing in and out of the displays, her expression caught in the occasional mirror, focused and determined.†
Chpt 13
- 'The KeyChains are selling so well, she's got to focus on her career, maybe expanding to her own store someday.†
Chpt 15
- We soon found out that the rehab place where my mother was staying'and which Cora and Jamie were paying for, although I didn't learn that until later'had a strong policy of patient-focused treatment.†
Chpt 15
- Early the next morning, I sat down on my bed and started my overview, trying to focus.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(focus as in: Turn your focus to question #2.) to direct attention or effort toward a single thing; or the ability to do so without getting distracted
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(2)
(focus as in: The focus of our study is...) where attention is concentrated or directed
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(3)
(focus as in: bring into focus; or out of focus) a state where something has come into view or can be seen clearly; or an adjustment made to permit a clear view
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(4)
(focus as with technical usage) technical usage typically involves some sense of center or concentration such as:
- physics — a point where things come together such as the point where light rays meet
- geometry — a fixed reference point (as of a parabola)
- geology — the point of origin of an earthquake
See a comprehensive dictionary for other less common meanings. - (5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)