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'focus' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'focus' with 20 example sentences.


focus noun

: the concentration of attention or energy on something

: maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

: maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

: a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

: special emphasis attached to something

: a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

: a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

focus verb

: direct one's attention on something

: cause to converge on or toward a central point

: bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

: become focussed or come into focus

: put (an image) into focus


  • Focus your attention on the really important things.
  • While you drive, you should focus on the road.
  • I need to focus on work.
  • You need to focus on your strengths.
  • What should we focus on?
  • Stop worrying about that and focus on your work.
  • How do you decide where to focus your efforts?
  • He focused on his work.
  • That's my main focus.
  • This chapter will focus on the concepts of geometry.
  • For centuries, foreign language teaching focused on reading and writing.
  • I kind of lost my focus.
  • The image isn't in focus.
  • What was your primary focus while you were in college?
  • RAID-1 focuses on reliability, at the expense of storage size.
  • Don't look back. Focus on the future.
  • I focused the camera on her face.
  • Obama focused on the financial crisis.
  • He focused his eyes on the roof.
  • I'm focusing on my German!
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