How to Use refocus in a Sentence

refocus

verb
  • He needs to refocus his attention on his schoolwork.
  • Sports are not a priority now. You need to refocus and improve your grades.
  • She refocused her energies toward a career in music.
  • When that got far enough along and after the film was released in May, the team refocused on the heist thriller.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
  • One of the best tactics for getting through times of doubt is to refocus on your why.
    Christie Hunter Arscott, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Kat Richards wanted to slow down and refocus on the simple things in life.
    Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Foudy isn’t alone in saying that Musk needs to refocus on Tesla.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2023
  • But when the stakes have been at their highest, Boston has been able to refocus and shake off these issues.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022
  • The seniors were the ones to refocus the team after a loss to Beavercreek just two weeks before the start of postseason play.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022
  • But Smith refocused, closing here round with five straight pars.
    Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
  • For Swarmer and Thompson, getting beat up by the best team in baseball is a good time to toss out those starts and refocus on getting locked in.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2022
  • By that spring, Russian troops had retreated from the capital and refocused their efforts in the south and east.
    Samuel Granados, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • The other course is to redevelop its plans and refocus on a brand new villain.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Heat will then again refocus over the Southwest and western part of the country between July 22 and July 28.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
  • The Clippers were looking to prove that their brief malaise was the kind of thing that happens to title teams — a let-up before refocusing for the final stretch.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Tesla’s share price dropped 4.7% on Friday to its 52-week low for the year, and some investors took to Twitter to urge Musk to refocus his attention.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Going back to its roots, AirBnb is refocusing on private room rentals within a host’s home.
    Alex Wood, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • First, hide the self-view to refocus attention from yourself to the actual meeting.
    Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In an effort to do so, Walf recommends taking breaks to refocus your attention on the task at hand.
    Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Love Like the other instances of 666, its occurrence in love represents a need to refocus.
    Kate Franke, Woman's Day, 1 May 2023
  • Explosive growth has forced the company to refocus at times.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Park rangers have long wanted to refocus their efforts at Valley of the Rogue, which their recent efforts reveal.
    oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
  • My plan is to refocus MCPS on core subjects such as math, comprehension and reading.
    Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
  • Some have needed to adopt new approaches, refocus and/or cut back.
    Tom O'Toole, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • Beyond repairing relationships with staff, the hope is to get Licht out of the news and to refocus the attention on CNN’s newsroom.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 6 June 2023
  • But second-quarter sales and earnings next month could refocus minds on how things look in the more immediate future.
    WSJ, 21 June 2023
  • After a frost like May 18, growers tend to shrug off the initial disappointment and refocus on the task of guiding their vines toward harvest.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • One study cited in the report found that students could take up to 20 minutes to refocus on lessons after they were distracted by cellphone use.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Taking a break in between each rep gives you just enough time to regroup, refocus, and work towards perfecting your technique.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Ma appears to want his legacy company to refocus its efforts on AI.
    Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2023

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