Sentence examples for seemed fixed on from inspiring English sources

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I slid in next to Henry, whose eyes seemed fixed on the Chase bank sign out the window.

At times he seemed fixed on exposing Russia, reminding it that a great world existed outside its borders.

A new look came over the girl's face — her eyes seemed fixed on some distant and misty landscape.

Some seemed fixed on their destination: an elderly man wearing a hat asked the passenger next to him if this was, in fact, the train to Santa Monica.

They were neglected until developers became interested in redeveloping the streets they slept on; now, instead of helping them, the forces of gentrification seemed fixed on taking away what little the homeless have left.

During a trip to Iran at the height of Bush versus Ahmadinejad verbal threats and declarations of evil intent of the other, dozens of Iranians told me that while they do not like Ahmadinejad and his crazy rhetoric, nevertheless they support him because he has stood against Bush Jr., who seemed fixed on attacking Iran.

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Nearby and made almost exactly 100 years later, an apostle's head from Notre-Dame in Paris powerfully combines an elongated face; expertly handled hair, beard and mouth; and unnatural, masklike eyes that seem fixed on another world.

Mr. Gorbachev denied whining, saying "it would be humiliating for the Soviet Union to pass its hat around" - he seems fixed on "humiliation" - and introduced the notion of "synchronization of internal and external" developments, a transparent device to delay the removal of his 360,000 troops occupying East Germany.

But their emergence seems fixed on just two standards: Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto.

"We hope he's going to change his mind but at the moment he seems fixed on perhaps another club," Pardew said.

When Dick Advocaat entered Sunderland's dressing room after the final whistle everyone's eyes seemed fixed firmly on the floor.

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