The phrase "attention asking" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where someone is requesting attention or seeking to draw focus, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "Her attention asking behavior during the meeting was noticeable as she frequently interrupted others."
Alternatives: "attention-seeking" or "requesting attention".
Now they've started paying attention, asking to meet with us.
There's also the harrumphing old geezer who loses focus on topics deemed less worthy of his attention, asking supposedly arch follow-up questions which sound like the voicemail your granddad leaves when he can't get the TV remote to work.
Being a show-off I'd done it before, at 33, and sat in the front row of all lectures with three more mature students, all taking notes, paying attention, asking questions.
I swapped her attention, asking what was on her own t-shirt which, without question, was a polar bear confirmed by the word 'Alaska'.
She told The Hill in 2009 that her political philosophy involves "a constant balance of paying attention, asking questions and putting my money where my mouth is".
Just make a bit more of an effort to be nice to people by giving them your attention, asking them how they are, and showing an interest in them.
One wooed me ferociously for two weeks, showered me with attention, asked to see me almost every day, talked about introducing me to his friends, only to announce after two weeks that I was "too into it".
"Who needs that sort of attention?" asks one boss, who, er, declined to be named in this article.Yet chief executives in this era of greater scrutiny and faster turnover in the executive suite may simply fear being seen to be wrong about anything.
The fourth question, which hasn't yet attracted much philosophical attention, asks why so much biological research is centered on genes and DNA.
Pay attention, ask questions and figure out how things are done.
At his improv class, Michael, in an attempt to get the instructors attention, asks "Mr. Kot-ter", a reference to the 1975 series Welcome Back, Kotter.
