How to Use tunnel vision in a Sentence

tunnel vision

noun
  • His tunnel vision made sensible discussions on political issues nearly impossible.
  • When asked about the dream her tunnel vision leads to, her smile gets big.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Xavier can't get tunnel vision on one guy against the Bluejays.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2021
  • But Xavier can't get tunnel vision on the star, either.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 17 Nov. 2022
  • So that is the scary part, is that the confirmation bias and tunnel vision will just lead them to do nothing.
    Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Jones is in his only second year, so the tunnel vision is part of his growing pains.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Milliner Stephen Jones created the lace masks, which used tiers of sheer lace to create the effect of tunnel vision.
    Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Jess had that same tunnel vision during their first dance.
    Philly.com, 1 June 2018
  • Stay interested in the world around you, and avoid tunnel vision.
    Arabella Delucco, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The class put on glasses with wavy lenses and circles in the center of the lenses to reproduce a sort of tunnel vision.
    Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 1 July 2019
  • Getting to and from the mountain can be the worst part of a ski trip in a typical winter (hello, tail-light tunnel vision).
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • But the 2000s showed what can happen when geeks with tunnel vision go mad in finance and politicians ignore them.
    Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • In this case, Wall Street’s vaccine tunnel vision has granted investors a chance to buy a blue-chip stock at a discount.
    Charley Grant, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Learn how to keep the tunnel vision going, knowing all the distractions are going to come.
    K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2018
  • Not everyone makes it, and Seydou struggles to adapt to survival-of-the-fittest tunnel vision.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Complete tunnel vision on the task at hand, which was holding the first day of Patriots training camp.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2019
  • Mayor Dean Trantalis, who has championed the idea for nearly two years as a way to get more cars off the road, still has tunnel vision.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • To focus only on the original product in the face of a changing market is a kind of tunnel vision.
    Susan Naftulin, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • His challengers have been wary about this second round, but Harvick has tunnel vision and is taking it one race at a time.
    Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2020
  • In court, Zellner and her team argued that the detectives had tunnel vision.
    Jenner Smith, ABC News, 7 May 2021
  • Andrews is a great weapon, but Huntley has tunnel vision when looking his way.
    Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The Ravens don’t have it right now, except for the Jackson-to-Mark Andrews combination, which has led to tunnel vision.
    Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The question of justice for C.K. is coherent only via a weird sort of tunnel vision.
    David Roberts, Vox, 10 Sep. 2018
  • Who is Yuki as a person outside of Maya's tunnel vision?
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Nwora gets tunnel vision with the rock in his hands far too often and forgets his teammates exist.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Maybe send him a Hummer brochure to jolt his memory of the consequences of having tunnel vision.
    Ed Wallace, star-telegram, 5 May 2018
  • Even in the midst of what could be a magical season, Daniels doesn’t have tunnel vision while reflecting on his journey.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
  • There’s also been plenty of judgment about his tunnel vision, over-dribbling, pick-and-roll reads and passing.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 14 July 2021
  • Also, both serve to ground their main heroes in reality when the get tunnel vision or their goals get a little too lofty.
    Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The force pushes blood away from your eyes and brain, potentially giving you tunnel vision.
    Rob Verger, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2019

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