All 27 Uses of
focus
in
Insurgent
- We each had to choose a research focus in Erudite initiation, and mine was the aptitude test simulation, so I know a lot about the way it's designed.
Chpt 4 (definition 1) *focus = place where attention is directed
- "Hey," I say. "Come back."
"Sorry," he says, focusing on me again.
Chpt 4 (definition 2)focusing = concentrating (paying attention)
- He has relaxed a little, but he keeps his eyes focused on the table.
Chpt 4 (definition 2)focused = looking
- I bend down and press my palms to the rail, closing my eyes to focus on the feeling of the metal beneath my hands.
Chpt 8 (definition 2)focus = concentrate
- I push it aside and focus instead on what's in front of me.
Chpt 8 (definition 2)
- I can focus on the sound instead of whatever thoughts would crawl into my head in silence.
Chpt 9 (definition 2)
- "Speaking of which," Niles says, "I think we should focus on what happened that day."
Chpt 12 (definition 2)
- I have been so focused on what happened to Abnegation that I almost forgot what happened to Dauntless.
Chpt 14 (definition 2)focused = concentrating (on one thing and not paying attention to other things)
- I have to focus on that.
Chpt 15 (definition 2) *focus = concentrate
- I focus on the mechanics of my breathing, imagining air filling every part of my lungs as I inhale, then remembering as I exhale how all my blood, oxygenated and unoxygenated, travels to and from the same heart.
Chpt 16 (definition 2)
- I try to focus on Caleb instead—but Caleb is watching the Erudite, too.
Chpt 17 (definition 2)
- Despite the notoriety Tobias now has among the Dauntless, and my new title as That Girl Who Stabbed Eric, we are not the real focus of everyone's attention.
Chpt 18 (definition 1)focus = center
- I focus on the path of the broom, keeping my eyes on the dust that collects between glass fragments.
Chpt 19 (definition 2)focus = concentrate
- Then his eyes focus on something over my shoulder, and he starts walking.
Chpt 19 (definition 2)focus = look
- She doesn't even look at me when she says it; she just scowls at her younger sister.
"Shauna—" Zeke starts.
"Don't 'Shauna' me!" she says, focusing her scowl on him instead.
Chpt 19 (definition 2)focusing = directing (pointing)
- His eyes lift and focus on something across the room.
Chpt 20 (definition 2)focus = look
- And some girls might focus on the way his ears stick out, or the way his nose hooks at the end, but to me ….
Chpt 21 (definition 2)focus = concentrate
- My mission was primarily focused on Jeanine Matthews.
Chpt 22 (definition 2)focused = concentrated
- Without the simulation technology, without the data they had about all the other factions, without their focus on technological advancement, the attack on Abnegation would not have happened.
Chpt 25 (definition 2)focus = concentration
- She looks up and focuses her watery eyes on one of the Erudite.
Chpt 31 (definition 2)focuses = looks with
- I focus on that instead of all the stares.
Chpt 36 (definition 2)focus = concentrate
- She shifts her focus to me without question, but I can tell by the wary look in her eyes that she would rather talk to Marcus.
Chpt 39 (definition 2)focus = attention
- Focus.
Chpt 40 (definition 2)focus = concentrate
- Focus.
Chpt 44 (definition 2)
- Focus.
Chpt 44 (definition 2)
- I ignore the gun barrels pointed at my head and focus on Lynn's face, which is now yellowish instead of white.
Chpt 46 (definition 2)
- She focuses on Uriah.
Chpt 46 (definition 2)focuses = looks
Definitions:
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(1) (focus as in: The focus of our study is...) where attention is concentrated or directed
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(2) (focus as in: Turn your focus to question #2.) verb: to concentrate, look at, or pay attention to
noun: the act of concentration, or the ability to concentrate
(to concentrate is to direct attention or effort towards a single thing)