How to Use attention in a Sentence

attention

noun

• You need to pay more attention in school.
• A cat on a leash is sure to attract attention.
• She likes all the attention she is getting from the media.
• I would like to call your attention to a problem we are having.
• The trial is getting a lot of public attention.
• My attention wasn't really on the game.
• The children were competing for the teacher's attention.
• The actor avoids drawing attention to himself.
• The book has received national attention.
• We focused our attention on this particular poem.
• Most of the time, the world doesn’t pay too much attention.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 26 May 2024
• As an adult what was the first cheese that got your attention?
  — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• They're not used to getting a lot of attention and love.
  — ABC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• Adam McKay would like to bring to your attention that the world is burning.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024
• The show brings attention and awareness, and the work reaches and informs the people.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 23 Oct. 2024
• Some of the filmmakers brought the project to the star’s attention in the middle of the pandemic lockdown.
  — Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 15 May 2023
• The work of the task force has captured widespread attention, a result of being the first of its kind in the country.
  — Sophie Austin, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023
• Laso didn't have her phone or any type of light that might draw attention to her.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
• This attention spares our plants from pests and fungal stress.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• The law passed in 2022 in response to a crime that attracted statewide attention.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 26 Apr. 2023
• Novak used crafty strategies to draw attention to the show.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• The result is a deep, rhythmic gurgling sound that draws the attention of bass and pike from long distances.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• The commotion attracted the rest of the group's attention to two rattlesnakes fighting in the middle of the path.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
• Apparently, Justin wasn't too pleased with all the attention their split received, and what Chrishell said on the show.
  — Women's Health, 30 May 2023
• The opening trio of tunes was steeped in meaning for those paying attention.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
• In the Belgian fashion press there was at that time a lot of attention to Belgian fashion.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 23 June 2023
• The 2014 trial attracted global attention as the details of Steenkamp’s death were beamed around the world.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
• My mother-in-law is 92 and mostly healthy but craves attention.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
• Days later, the Jonestown mass murder-suicide of 913 people—many San Franciscans—drew the city’s attention away from the battle for White’s seat for a while.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
• For many celebrities, this attention and constant posting is a negative.
  — Callum Booth, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024