Sentence examples for were focused by from inspiring English sources

O'Donnell waited with the mortified rookies as they got ready and made sure they were focused by game time.

The seismic waves emanating from below Northridge, they report in the journal Science, were focused by geologic lenses far beneath the ground, just as a glass lens concentrates light.

Archimedes purportedly used a "heat ray", in which the sun's rays were focused by mirrors, to set fire to enemy ships during the siege of Syracuse in the 3rd century BC.

The proton-induced quasimonochromatic X-rays (QMXRs) emitted to the atmosphere through the foil were focused by a polycapillary X-ray half lens.

The stalks were focused by using a ×50 magnification lens.

During his tenure, the extramural programs were focused by the development of a number of solicited initiatives.

Minds have been focused by money.

Their minds, perhaps, have been focused by recent pay disputes.

The light is focused by a translucent plastic Hershey's Kiss-shaped shade, lined with aluminum that has been pierced to add a sparkle like bottled fireflies.

The latter meters are of the "through-the-lens" (TTL) type, reading light as it is focused by the camera's lens and strikes the film or sensor.

A typical photodetector is made of a silicon chip a few millimetres across onto which light is focused by a small lens.