Sentence examples for Waning attention from inspiring English sources

The waning attention span of the audience, of course, and the crush of popular culture against which classical music must fight to maintain its presence.

Sure, I've enjoyed lots of stuff, but I lose interest after a couple listens, bowing to my waning attention span, my anxiety that there's too much to listen to, and not enough time to take it all in.

David Smith, Africa correspondent The Obama-mania that swept Europe four years ago has faded fast amid transatlantic rows over the euro crisis, the administration's failure to deliver on its promise to close down Guantánamo Bay, and the waning attention paid to Europe by the US.

As a father around young kids, I'm aware of the waning attention span but I try not to feed into it too much.

In this age of waning attention spans, do you feel pressure to make your films shorter?

For decades preceding this turmoil, agriculture had received waning attention from the global development community as real food prices declined on trend.

By Mollie Panter-Downes The New Yorker, November 8, 1976 P. 162 As though indignant of their fellow-peers calling attention to their waning authority, the members of the House of Lords recently threw some of last session's most unpopular Socialist bills back in such tatters that there is doubt if the royal opening of Parliament will take place next month as early as announced.

As lawyers and lobbyists for the fugitive financier Marc Rich hurried to orchestrate a pardon in the waning months of the Clinton administration, much attention was paid to getting the application just right.

History shows that political backing is not decisive, Mr. Cuomo said, "and sometimes the accumulation of political support might say to some voters, 'This person is too political.' " Many voters said they had not started paying attention to politics in these waning days of summer.

In announcing the clemency order on Saturday, Mr. Ryan, a Republican in the waning hours of his term, drew special attention to Mr. Edwards because he was convicted of the 1987 kidnapping and murder of Stephen Small, a newspaper publisher who lived next door to the Ryan family in Kankakee and baby-sat for the Ryan children.

The good news is, despite our ever-waning focus, visuals manage to keep our attention for much longer than eight seconds.