intentness
Example Sentences
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In the next phase, the Bruins focused on Level 2: self-control, alertness, initiative and intentness.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2016
It takes a while to realize that this keen self-consciousness is born not of shyness, but of focus — an intentness on getting the effect he wants, exactly right.
From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2016
Though circumstances—the increasing number of his sore throats, his intentness on his work, his need of money—kept them much apart, Keats' love for Fanny Brawne grew until it absorbed his life.
From Time Magazine Archive
His head is round, his mouth seems rather large for his face, and his brown eyes fix visitors with peculiar intentness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The intentness of his gaze, the bitterness of his voice, pointed for him.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
