Sentence examples for worldly attentions from inspiring English sources
It might make the most sense to understand the terror about idolatry as a broad definition of the worldly attentions that can distract, distort, or usurp pursuit of holiness.
In her voice-over, Kurylenko's character calls him an extraordinarily "loving" man; it's as if her emotional energy has ignited something latent in him, has focussed his centrifugal, worldly attention and brought it to bear on a single soul — or, rather, on two souls, the woman and her daughter — who reflect the light of love back to him.
It is reduced and lost as humans give their attentions to worldly things and allow themselves to be swayed by the passions.
Diane Johnson, in full Diane Lain Johnson Murray, (born April 28 , 1934 Moline, Illinois, U.S ., American writer and academic who first garnered attention for worldly and satiric novels set in California that portray contemporary women in crisis.
It doesn't hurt that Linus Roache is as beautiful to look at as the very different women (one worldly, one virginal) vying for his attention.
We take care of their worldly goods".
You can feel Mrs. Worldly looking with almost hypnotized fascination — as her attention might be drawn to a street accident against her will".
The worldly asceticism of Hemenway and other single Catholic women merits far more attention from historians than it has received thus far.
This is not to burst your eardrums or to attract the attention of neighborhood watch--this is to drown out all worldly distractions.
Kierkegaard draws attention to Christianity's "inverted dialectic", which demands that we exercise "double vision", to see in worldly things their spiritual opposites, such as hope in hopelessness, strength in weakness and prosperity in adversity.
