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Example sentences for "attentiveness"

Lexicographically close words:
attention; attentions; attentiue; attentive; attentively; attenuate; attenuated; attenuates; attenuating; attenuation
  1. The old Hindu erotic writers attributed great importance alike to the man's attentiveness to the woman's erotic needs, and to his skill and consideration in all the preliminaries of the sexual act.

  2. This attentiveness to one element after another serves to emphasize whatever appropriate minor bonds from the element in question the learner already possesses.

  3. It is noteworthy that in novels written by women there is a very frequent attentiveness to the qualities of the hero's voice and to its emotional effects on the heroine.

  4. After he had inspected her exterior with flattering attentiveness and had investigated her qualifications with a thoroughness that was convincing of sincerity he said: "Most satisfactory!

  5. The attentiveness of the personnel, the staring and whispering of the people in the palm room showed how well known Brent was.

  6. We can understand also the horse's never-flagging attentiveness when we recall that self-preservation prompts eternal vigilance over against all that is going on in the animal's environment.

  7. The questioner watched with utmost attentiveness the rapping of the table, and the women in turn regarded the man.

  8. The horse responded with less and less attentiveness and appeared to play with the questioner.

  9. Mr Green did not hurry over his purchases, but went about them with the leisurely attentiveness of one anxious to do the right thing, but unaccustomed to the business of making bargains.

  10. He disappeared into an adjoining room with Blanche, who there informed him artlessly of Crombie's consideration and attentiveness in restoring the errant shoes.

  11. Jessie was absorbed by his narration, as her attentiveness and her eager interruptions had shown; but what she said was: "It must be a very occult law indeed.

  12. He enjoyed the unctuous salute of the patrolman on his beat, the deferential door-holding of "office boys," the quick attentiveness of minor operatives.

  13. For a few minutes she failed to connect the attentiveness of Judge Smith, his paternal banter, with her activity under the table.

  14. The sight of his daughter regarding Aubrey with a sweet, prim attentiveness supplied him with what he desired.

  15. The rest of the company listening with vacuous attentiveness waited for the debaters to continue talking for them.

  16. By this time they both hung on his possible wishes, and watched him with the devout attentiveness of a pair of dogs.

  17. Lucy asked herself very privately and unconsciously and beneath the concerned attentiveness she was concentrating on Wemyss.

  18. The birch at the first window of the loft he kept before him as a leafy fan;--this green veil playing on his cheeks covered his attentiveness and his tears of joy from the whole church.

  19. One current objection to this kind of mutual attentiveness travels under two guises: one is the possibility of being offensively nosy and intrusive; the other is the fear of really violating the privacy of other people.

  20. Attentiveness is something that can be learned.

  21. Attentiveness is really alertness to the lonely cry of man, and respects rather than violates the individual's separateness and sanctity.

  22. Certainly, privacy should be respected, and we should not force ourselves upon others, but attentiveness is not intrusiveness.

  23. But the Spirit of Christ Who, in drawing us to Him, draws us to one another, will make mutual attentiveness possible so that two-way communication will become a reality for us.

  24. What psychology can give of general value is a point of view, and a habit of attentiveness to the mental factor.

  25. The psychological point of view must be emphasized in the introductory course= The psychological point of view means attentiveness to certain matters that are neglected in the usual objective attitude toward things.

  26. He was a model in industry and attentiveness to the requirements of camp and field, and was ever looking ahead to secure best results and promote the best interests of his comrades and himself.

  27. The Company was noted for its cleanliness and good order, and for its attentiveness to military discipline, under frequent and ofttimes most exacting inspections.

  28. Who, at the beginning of each year, has not promised himself a stricter attentiveness to his experience?

  29. But Doulebov, of course, knew very well that however great was his attentiveness to his duties, that in itself would not take him very far.

  30. That was why he tried to gain favour by showing a meticulous attentiveness to his duties.

  31. Weeks of intimacy passed between them, of lover-like attentiveness during which Dorn remained unconscious of her existence.

  32. The red face turned with a great attentiveness toward the hoarsely oracular Mr. Warren, his eyes dropping a furtive curtsy in the direction of the vanished stocking.


  33. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "attentiveness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.