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.
  • Ledecky had to find a way to refocus on the 1,500 meters and the chance to win a historic first Olympic medal in the event.
    Johanna Gretsche, SELF, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The players try not to get too high or low from game to game, to let go and refocus.
    Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 30 July 2021
  • The deal is the latest step by IBM to refocus its core business around the cloud.
    Matt Grossman, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • October is your chance to press pause, refocus, and finish the year on a high note.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Read on to learn five steps managers can take to help their teams recover and refocus on the job at hand.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Those days seem to be in the past; the company has a new CEO who is refocusing on safety.
    Adrienne So, WIRED, 17 July 2024
  • 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
  • It’s just been nice to kind of refocus things on myself and also feel good about myself again.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But by spring, there were already internal calls for the far right to refocus.
    NBC News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The sub, which begins procurement in 10 years, will refocus the U.S.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2021
  • 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 the network completely scrapped the project and instead refocused around House of the Dragon.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 May 2024
  • 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
  • The loss to Michigan will force Ohio State to refocus on stopping the run after allowing the Wolverines to run for 297 yards and six scores.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Sosna arrived just in time to refocus Bohn’s energy on the dozen or so donors waiting to hear from him down the hall.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
  • In recent years Prince Charles has pushed to refocus the royal family around the queen and her direct heirs.
    Max Colchester, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Backstage at the 76th Primetime Emmys just under two weeks ago, Gaad tried to refocus the show in a wide context.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Like many sufferers from middle-age spread, Google may have to slim down and refocus.
    The Economist, 31 July 2020
  • Soriano’s ability to refocus came after the Angels answered the Guardians’ four runs in the third with three of their own in the bottom of the frame.
    Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 26 May 2024
  • 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
  • This year marked the return of the Live Music Summit, which had been on hiatus since 2019, in response to high demand to refocus on the thriving touring industry.
    Kristen Wisneski, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
  • This statement refocused his campaign for the campaign's remaining weeks and, in a change election, positioned the former president's campaign as the one best capable of implementing change.
    Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024

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