Example Sentences

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She was friendly, charming and had a single-mindedness that had a way of opening doors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

You have to admire the focus and single-mindedness of this pursuit.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

With that came more conviction and single-mindedness about what came next.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Still, other projects may conjure comparisons to the story of Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband, Guy, a man who is easily duped into a Faustian bargain thanks to his single-mindedness and inferiority complex.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2023

She was growing weary of Anthony’s single-mindedness about suffrage.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling