Sentence examples for held their focus from inspiring English sources

The crowd held their focus.

When the researchers held their focus groups three years ago, Pinterest hadn't yet launched, Instagram hadn't been born, Google+ wasn't even a glimmer in Larry Page's eye, Facebook was years away from unveiling the all-seeing, all-sharing "frictionless" apps, and Twitter had half as many users as it does now (75 million vs. 140 million).

Innovators are not just thinkers but people of action who hold their focus against all the challenges to execution.

While these festivities held their charms, the focus of our stay remained the chateau and Elena's party.

With no Senate seat up for grabs, no race for governor and a series of Congressional races where the incumbents all held their seats, the focus was on which way the state would vote for president.

Not only was a poor performance not tolerated academically, but even outside of school, the adults held their children to high standards, focusing on the importance of exceeding expectations.

Given this, and because the EU reporting was focused upon the Work Packages, it was the project itself that held the focus of their attention.

According to the CBOE equity put/call ratio, option activity continues to bobble at relatively pessimistic levels, as investors appear to be holding off on shifting their focus from trading puts to calls.

As polls show Sen. Bernie Sanders continuing to hold a sizable lead here, Clinton strategists are positioning their campaign to weather a loss here, shifting their focus to holding Latino voters in Nevada, which votes Feb. 20, and then win in South Carolina, with its large black population, the following week.

Ch'ng et al. [ 10] held multiple focus groups with members of community-based stroke support groups to determine their perspectives on what had helped them recover.

The Giants held focus groups and polled their fans, many of whom work for Silicon Valley high-tech companies, and the fans balked at smart seats.