Attentions is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Attentions meaning
plural of attention
Using Attentions
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of attention
- In the example corpus, attentions often appears in combinations such as: attentions of, his attentions, attentions to.
Context around Attentions
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Attentions
- In this selection, "attentions" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, turn, suggests, now, shifted and shift stand out and add context to how "attentions" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include turn their attentions to a and and suggests attentions are better. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "attentions" sits close to words such as acapulco, adrenal and alignments, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with attentions
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Time for attentions to turn to Dublin! (7 words)
And heaven knows my house needs her attentions. (8 words)
Be generous in your attentions, and other people will extend the same to you. (14 words)
A global summit would help rehabilitate the country on the international stage and turn the world’s attentions to key reforms launched by de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to open up the kingdom and diversify the economy. (40 words)
After a barnstorming opening, Decca attracted the attentions of 28-year-old stockbroker Edward Lewis, but his astute observation that "a company manufacturing gramophones but not records, is like one making razors but not blades" fell on deaf ears. (39 words)
After a big win, they return from the capital to quickly turn attentions to Saturday when they host Luton Town at the Riverside with a great opportunity to go into the international break in far better mood. (37 words)
Time for attentions to turn to Dublin! (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
And heaven knows my house needs her attentions.
Harrogate drop to 15th in the League Two standings following Saturday’s defeat and now turn their attentions to a tough-looking test against high-flying Wrexham on Tuesday night.
Her naked body was found “brutally mutilated” with marks similar to the surgical scars of a woman Smith had become “obsessed with” but “rejected his attentions”.
Lead-based perovskite materials have attracted great attentions in solid-state lighting area due to their high efficiency, high color rendering and tunable luminescence performance.
Shade brushed off the attentions of a Grimsby man on the half-way line and charged towards the edge of the box where he laid off to Darcy.
Time for attentions to turn to Dublin!
United have seen three bids for Mount rejected by Chelsea and are stepping away from negotiations to turn their attentions to a move for Moises Caicedo.
After a big win, they return from the capital to quickly turn attentions to Saturday when they host Luton Town at the Riverside with a great opportunity to go into the international break in far better mood.
Attentions now turn to a dramatic title race that Brendan Rodgers’ side currently hold a three-point gap over Rangers in. The next challenge for his team is an away clash at Dundee.
But there lies one factor Summerville - no matter his talents - cannot make up for and suggests attentions are better focused elsewhere.
He quickly became so frustrated, unruly, and hard to control that his father packed him off to military school while focusing his attentions and ambitions on Freddy.
Hugh Grant, who came to the film world's attention with his performance in the 1987 tale of gay love Maurice, attracted the unwanted attentions of a prominent director.
It took just 18 minutes for Haaland to respond, shrugging off the attentions of Cucurella before dinking the ball over goalkeeper Robert Sanchez for the opening goal.
Philippe Clement insists Jack Butland won’t be disheartened by his England recall snub as he focuses his attentions on inspiring Rangers to further domestic glories this season.
A global summit would help rehabilitate the country on the international stage and turn the world’s attentions to key reforms launched by de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to open up the kingdom and diversify the economy.
But in a year which saw football stadiums, cinemas and theatres closed, attentions shifted elsewhere.
Even as attentions shift elsewhere to a thorny post-election succession struggle, the US is by some metrics experiencing its worst bout of coronavirus yet.
After a barnstorming opening, Decca attracted the attentions of 28-year-old stockbroker Edward Lewis, but his astute observation that "a company manufacturing gramophones but not records, is like one making razors but not blades" fell on deaf ears.
Be generous in your attentions, and other people will extend the same to you.
From managing expectations about jobs to creating new dystopic images about anti-nationals, every modern state is in the business of constant focusing and refocusing of citizens’ attentions.
Common combinations with attentions
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- attentions of 15×
- his attentions 13×
- attentions to 12×
- the attentions 11×
- attentions on 9×
- their attentions 8×
- attentions and 4×
- attentions are 2×
- as attentions 2×
- its attentions 2×