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
• But, right now, any missed vote gets a lot of attention.
  — CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
• They're not used to getting a lot of attention and love.
  — ABC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• If McEwen draws the extra attention, somebody else has to step up and make plays for the Hawks.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 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
• But one thing is for sure – people with skin in the game are paying attention.
  — John Werner, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
• Like most kittens, Moo needs lots of love and attention.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• His tweet caught the attention of birders and non-birders alike.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
• 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
• What Wolfe has paid less attention to is the shift from one medium to another.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
• My greatest gift was being able to pay attention and watch people and figure it out.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2025
• A lot of college football coaches probably paid it little attention, too.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025