single-mindedness
Example Sentences
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Salah would never have scaled such heights without that sheer single-mindedness and desire to become the best footballer possible.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
She was friendly, charming and had a single-mindedness that had a way of opening doors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
You have to admire the focus and single-mindedness of this pursuit.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
Still, other projects may conjure comparisons to the story of Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband, Guy, a man who is easily duped into a Faustian bargain thanks to his single-mindedness and inferiority complex.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2023
The bonobos went about their foraging with a single-mindedness that made me jealous.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
