Sentence examples for proved attentive from inspiring English sources

Mr. Penfold proved attentive, carefully marking her forehead with the sign of the cross.

And in the five weeks since he was named as Cardinal O'Connor's successor, he has proved attentive to public relations in New York.

But in interviews, nearly a dozen labor leaders praised the mayor, saying he had proven attentive to unions' needs and was popular with their rank and file.

The government has already proved itself attentive to the popular mood on the matter.

He spoke softly, and for five hours proved an attentive listener to representatives of both pro- and anti-Lisbon arguments.

The Israeli public proved quite attentive to risk communication efforts as shown by the results of a national telephone survey conducted at the peak of the outbreak by the Israeli Center for Disease Control.

Those deals were sealed by Mr. Nadella's predecessor, Steven A. Ballmer, and it may be that the current chief executive will prove more attentive to integration.

"With Hu out of the picture, the administration is intent on determining whether Xi Jinping will prove more attentive to U.S. security concerns," said Jonathan D. Pollack, director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution.

Shinkai ties this tale of a bored smalltown girl who finds herself inhabiting the form of an inner-city male contemporary in photorealistic bows and ribbons, proving as attentive to everyday objects (smartphones, sliding train doors) as Miyazaki is to flora and fauna.

Caijing has proved to be attentive to the Chinese government's views on what is unmistakably off-limits.

This was just the first of several small museums, often newly and attractively installed in handsome buildings, that proved worth an attentive if quick visit for the context and substance they gave to the often austere mosques and fortresses.