Example Sentences

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Lithwick: So you’re saying all of the ground beneath us had changed, but we were sort of myopically focusing on these wins in the court.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2023

Because Euro-American culture myopically focuses on human welfare, we tend to view water as either a commodity or a flood threat.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2023

“The weight-centric paradigm and the inequities it creates have led to a health care system that is myopically focused on making fat people thin,” Chastain said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

But I would wager — myopically, perhaps — that they have been especially disorienting for families of children whose entire lives, birth to now, have been encompassed by the pandemic.

From Washington Post • May 5, 2022

On the way he stopped at the house refrigerator and peered inside, stooping down myopically to inspect the contents.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt