Whenever a letter arrived, he sent me off to his bank for a statement, studying it intently before deciding what he could afford.
The Sarajevan looked at me intently, as if deciding whether or not to do me in for my obvious lies.
Try to listen intently before you decide how to respond.
They seemed to be staring intently at the passing parade, so I decided to test Sheriff Hill's theory that they were doing surveillance.
Listening intently, Ms. Gurwitt, who was dating someone at the time, decided that several of her single friends might be interested in Mr. Eidelberg.
A Spanish dad, having listened intently to a description of what was going on, decided it was "very interesting".
"We have decided that now is the time for me to focus intently on my top priority, my family," added Mr. Griffin, who was one of 87 House Republicans who voted for the Senate plan to end the shutdown.
He stared at me intently without answering for quite a while, as if trying to decide whether to say what he really thought.
2. If your mediator is like me, she is listening intently and asking questions not for the purpose of making judgments or deciding who's "right" or "wrong," worthy or not worthy.
She is oblivious to the commotion around her. Peering intently into a mirror, she is at that quintessential moment of beautification when she must decide if the image she sees pleases her and she is ready to face the world.
