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Hunger Games Book #3 (Mockingjay)
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I know that Finnick can't focus on anything in 13 because he's trying so hard to see what's happening in the Capitol to Annie, the mad girl from his district who's the only person on earth he loves.
Chpt 1

focus = concentrate
None of the medical team was focusing on looks when they patched up the gaping hole. Now I have a lumpy, jagged scar that ripples out over a space the size of an apple.
Chpt 5 *

focusing = concentrating
I focus my attention on a lethal-looking bow so loaded down with scopes and gadgetry, I'm certain I can't even lift it, let alone shoot it.
Chpt 5

focus = concentrate
Tomorrow we'll focus on speeches and interviews and have me pretend to be in rebel battles.
Chpt 5
But I stay focused on the red light.
Chpt 7

focused = concentrating
We'll focus on Katniss interacting with the patients, particularly the children, the bombing of the hospital, and the wreckage.
Chpt 8

focus = concentrate
Haymitch leans forward and dangles something on a thin white wire in front of my nose. It's hard to focus on, but I'm pretty sure what it is.
Chpt 8

focus = adjust vision to see something clearly
In fact, I find myself focusing up at the sky--the only roof left--because too many memories are drowning me.
Chpt 9

focusing = looking
I stare fixedly at the little black specks on the sheet. ... Slowly, the words come into focus.
Chpt 10 *

focus = view (a state where something can be seen clearly)
I blame the coffee and try to focus on slowing my breathing, which is far too rapid for my pace.
Chpt 11

focus = concentrate
Having a job that might help the mission snaps me into focus. While I knock down breakfast and get prepped, I try to think of what I might say.
Chpt 12

focus = a state of concentration
She cradles him but stays focused on me.
Chpt 13

focused = concentrating
At some point, Gale and Beetee left the wilderness behind and focused on more human impulses.
Chpt 13

focused = concentrated
As surely as the embroidery stitches in Annie's gown were done by Cinna's hand, the frosted flowers on the cake were done by Peeta's. ... The boy I last saw, screaming his head off, trying to tear free of his restraints, could never have made this. Never have had the focus, kept his hands steady, designed something so perfect for Finnick and Annie.
Chpt 16

focus = concentration
She squints at me in doubt, or maybe she's just trying to get my face in focus.
Chpt 19

in focus = into a state where something can be seen clearly; or into a state where something has come into view
At the sight of Peeta's bloody wrists, I dig in my pocket for the handcuff key, but he jerks away from me.
"No," he says. "Don't. They help hold me together. ... When I feel myself slipping, I dig my wrists into them, and the pain helps me focus," says Peeta.
Chpt 23

focus = concentrate
I sink to my knees on the cold tile and squint at the flower, as the whiteness seems hard to focus on in the stark fluorescent light.
Chpt 26

focus = adjust vision to see something clearly
My eyes focus on the rose that has spread its petals overnight, filling the steamy air with its strong perfume.
Chpt 26

focus = look
I need to focus now on the manner of my suicide.
Chpt 27

focus = concentrate
But it's the look in his eyes—angry yet unfocused—that frightens me the most.†
Chpt 9

unfocused = not good at concentrating on one thing

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unfocused means not and reverses the meaning of focused. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.

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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
(2) (focus as in: The focus of our study is...)
where attention is concentrated or directed
(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
(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)

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focus
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Hunger Games Book #3 (Mockingjay)
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