single-minded

Example Sentences

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The revolutionary pharoah builds a great city and reduces spiritual chaos by focusing on a single-minded form of worship.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

This may yet be a brilliant piece of foresight by the FA to keep one of the best, most single-minded, successful coaches in world football.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

This year, all three are dialed toward stimulus, reflecting a single-minded focus by Trump and Congressional Republicans on faster economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Every decision she has made since getting the job seems the result of a single-minded desire to please her new bosses.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

The star-flooded nights, the dew-soaked dawns, the hushed ambulatories, the enforced asceticism—never has Werner felt part of something so single-minded.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr