The mind filters out the overwhelming majority of chemical aromas that surround us, focusing intently on some, ignoring others.
You can count the number of public schools who received equivalent funding in the same period by ignoring the fingers on one hand, and instead gazing intently at your navel.
I've spent countless hours, whether alone or in the company of friends I rudely ignored, staring intently at my phone, slavishly yet listlessly flipping through the same profiles, wasting my time and poking holes in my self-esteem for what?
Ignoring the inclement weather in Rio, Workers Party faithful stared up at the big screen and listened intently to what their re-elected president had to say.
When you were intently focused on the affair, you have no choice but to laugh when John starts talking about the car problem completely ignoring the affair.
His effort to do so is now intently focused, at times including statements that stretch or ignore the facts, on knocking down what is perhaps the most important component of President Obama's appeal to blue-collar voters in Ohio and across the industrial Midwest: the success of the president's 2009 auto bailout.
Students were provided with implementation intentions (if then plans; Gollwitzer, 1999) designed to either help them ignore the distractions (i.e., temptation-inhibiting plans) or focus more intently on the math exam (i.e., task-facilitating plans).
An impossibly beautiful couple ignored their whipped-cream-topped Irish coffees, gazing intently into each other's eyes.
But Crispin and I sat for hours, largely ignored by the cat enthusiasts combing, fluffing and intently spritzing all around us.
On the rise and largely ignored, Mark's innovative tactics intertwine social media and citizen journalism intently showcasing homelessness to solution-minded.
