Sentence examples for frightened attention from inspiring English sources

This moan, not incidentally, drew the frightened attention and quickly averted glances of those passing by".

The frightened attention that Alison Mundy (Lesley Sharp), the psychic, brings to the near-hallucinatory world around her is doubled in the movements of the camera, which, like Alison, cannot tear its eyes away from a world teeming with zombies.

With potential biological terrorism looming large in the minds of government officials and a frightened public, attention has focused on two threats above all others: the germs that cause anthrax and smallpox.

He said he was too frightened of drawing attention and wouldn't allow an Associated Press video journalist or photographer to come to his hiding place.

An era of desperation marketing is at hand, with stores and automobile dealerships adopting virtually any tactic that might grab the attention of frightened consumers.

As the main characters get more frightened, they pay more attention to surviving than to filming, with the result that much of the action occurs off-screen.

They live in frightened awe of him, subconsciously competing for his attention.

"When they start to play, we can see which children are distressed or frightened and which children may need more specific attention or counselling.

For there are homes and schools to rebuild, businesses and hospitals to reopen, there are parents to console, first responders to comfort, and, of course, frightened children who will need our continued love and attention.

At first I was unenthusiastic about what he had to say, and a little frightened by the man himself, but he caught my attention when he started talking about a place called Viscri.

A disquieting scene in which he gives the frightened Lonnie shooting lessons sends mixed signals, since Lonnie laps up the attention he so badly needs.