To be a visionary, you have to be single minded.
They are single-minded in their pursuit of the poem.
Bullies are single-minded: They only think of themselves and what they want to accomplish — like a parasite.
They are single-minded about the irreversible transformation of society, ruthless about the means, and in denial about the fallout.
"The grace period won't last long because the homeowners are single-minded and their interest is getting beach nourishment up and running.
Their job right now is picking the locks on cars and stealing the radios — and anything else they find — and they are single-minded.
"The penguins are silly, laughable creatures — they are fat, they waddle, they fall on their belly, and they are single-minded," she said.
Some columns are single-minded arguments, like her letter to a 17-year-old about the dangers of smoking; some are tender, like her eulogy for a young sister-in-law.
Fredric L. Quivik, a professor of industrial history and archaeology at Michigan Technological University, said that in regions where E.P.A. administrators are "single-minded" about a cleanup, they may consider preservation efforts "a distraction from their mission in life".
"We face Australia back home at the Millennium Stadium in just over a month's time, and we are single-minded in our assertion that we want that homecoming to be a celebration of us achieving the status of one of the top three teams in the world.
*A system that ensures that those entrusted with the important public responsibility of performing audits of public companies are single-minded in their devotion to the public interest, and are not subject to conflicts that might confuse or divert them from their efforts.
