"Focussing" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... imperturbably focussing the camera while the two yelled insults at each other, looked ...
— The Heritage of the Sioux • B.M. Bower
... triumphant in his success. He unconsciously drew up his slim, muscular figure as he turned to the bride, focussing his gaze upon the blossom in the waves of jet locks that tumbled smoothly ...
— Terry - A Tale of the Hill People • Charles Goff Thomson
... be said about the scientific theory of evolution. That is essentially an effort of the intellect, focusing the attention on details, processes and stages of development in living things and arriving no nearer to a solution of the unexplainable than we were ...
— Heart and Soul • Victor Mapes (AKA Maveric Post)
... his hands, holding it up, and becoming quite eloquent in the expression of his amazement when his quick eye detected the inverted image of the landscape seen through it; then, after one or two futile attempts, he succeeded in focusing the rays of the sun upon his naked arm, giving a little yelp as he felt the sting of the heat. Finally, with a laugh, he handed the lens back to Cunningham; but there was a covetous look in his eyes as he did so which caused me to utter a word of warning to the engineer lest he should awake ...
— Turned Adrift • Harry Collingwood
... lucrative tips on "Focusing Appeals," "Scouting for New Members," and "Getting Prospects to Sign up with the Sunday School." He particularly liked the word "prospects," and he was ...
— Babbitt • Sinclair Lewis
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