single-minded

Example Sentences

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In the country’s single-minded pursuit of its “zero Covid” policy, local governments exhausted their coffers to comply with strict testing, quarantine and lockdown rules.

From New York Times

The defendants “have marketed and sold their lethal product with zeal” and “with a single-minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted,” she wrote.

From New York Times

“I have a more developed sense of my own frailty and vulnerability than he does, I think, whereas he’s got this kind of single-minded lack of, sense of self-preservation,” he said in a recent interview.

From Seattle Times

Van Lith, a junior, has brought that same single-minded attitude to Louisville, which faces Mississippi on Friday at 7 p.m.

From Seattle Times

In a feat of single-minded determination, Bateman shot a lot of his movie in a New Jersey warehouse, later adding time-consuming computer-generated effects.

From New York Times