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
The profound earnestness in which the Justices have dealt with the case and their intentness on being just have given me deep satisfaction .
From Time Magazine Archive
From boyhood Frank Murphy had had a kind of desperate intentness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ralph saw it first, and watched till the intentness of his gaze drew all eyes that way.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
