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• The occasional vinyasa class had made her more attentive to her bones.2020, Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind, Bloomsbury (2023), page 22. From the entry vinyasa
• Now, Oscar was the most wonderful pet; attentive, affectionate, strangely thoughtful for a cat, a purrfect cat.2015, Marty Whelan, That’s Life, Gill & Macmillan, →ISBN. From the entry purrfect
• Egrets picked their way through the grass, attentive and showy as fussy girlfriends at the cows' sides.2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 64. From the entry egret
• Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 5. From the entry emollient
• He was a perfectionist and super attentive to detail.2017, Michael Barr, Cloyce Box, 6'4" and Bulletproof, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 117. From the entry laser-focused
• Did I mention that he’s an involved, attentive father?2014 October 9, James Poniewozik, “Review: The Affair: More Than Meets the "I"”, in Time. From the entry brownstone
• Azie is a charming and attentive host.2013, Anna Bromley, Wild Animals and Wedding Outfits, page 145. From the entry cooking
• I did not doubt that a few very attentive as observers, could be invited to such a Uranian banquet.2012, Jeremiah Horrocks, “What Others Observed or could have Observed of This Conjunction”, in Wilbur Applebaum, transl., Venus Seen on…. From the entry uranian
• Someone with the humility of unarrogance may be as attentive to particular entitlements as any other alert, rational person.2007, Robert C. Roberts, W. Jay Wood, Intellectual Virtues: An Essay in Regulative Epistemology, page 246. From the entry unarrogance
• That attentive second echelon of society liked, where possible, to be seen to be associated with the squattocracy.2005, Rosamond Siemon, The Eccentric Mr Wienholt, University of Queensland Press, page 206. From the entry squattocracy
• Like the former, this meeting was equally listful and attentive, breaking up in the best of order and apparent satisfaction.2003, Robert S. Levine, Martin R. Delany: A Documentary Reader, page 100. From the entry listful
• If i've caused any inconvenience to other TGers, I apologize and will be more attentive in the future.1996 December 23, don...@mont.mindspring.com, “2 TG hands from last night”, in rec.games.bridge.okbridge (Usenet), archived from the…. From the entry blushedly
• Each scam and undertaking is intriguingly original and thrillingly presented in prose that is attentive and modest and quietly evocative.1987 November 8, Ron Hansen, “CHILDREN'S BOOKS; DISCOVERING THE OPPOSITE SEX”, in The New York Times. From the entry intriguingly
• "The average citizen gets an extreme emotional delight in ‘crying the blues’ to anyone who might lend an attentive ear."1934 October 3, “Slang Declared Barometer Of Nation's State Of Mind”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, retrieved 20 Nov 2008, page 15. From the entry cry the blues
• A society marked off into classes need be specially attentive only to the education of its ruling elements.1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education. From the entry mark off
• In the early days of the broadcasting, the whips would see to it that their front-bench speaker was ‘doughnutted’, surrounded by eagerly attentive supporters.2012, Ferdinand Mount, The New Few, or A Very British Oligarchy, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry doughnut
• Making his way to the very back row of the classroom, Cruise took a seat quietly amongst the other students, and assumed an attentive posture.2009 October 5, “Tom Cruise plays Harvard Law student for an hour”, in The Harvard Law Record, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Law School…. From the entry gchat
• For a real secret he substitutes a pseudosecret, though in doing so he cannot help telling the attentive reader that there is a secret there.1983, Frank Kermode, Essays on Fiction: 1971-82, page 147. From the entry pseudosecret
• I hope they in that stairwell were and are as attentive to eternal truths as were those earliest prelates who prayed by the light from the bugia-borne candle.2014, William C. Graham, “Bugia Bearers for the New Age”, in 100 Days Closer to Christ, Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page…. From the entry bugia
• And then you begin to lean into it, applying a little attentive pressure, and the early pages begin to curl back with a soft, radish-slicing sound, and you're in.2012, Nicholson Baker, The Way the World Works: Essays, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry lean into
• The noble task of the teacher is to be attentive to his students, in order not to 'mismeet' the graced occasions of dialogue, as already noted.1993, Kalman Yaron, “Martin Buber”, in Prospects, volume 23, page 138. From the entry mismeet
• Perseverance, good humor and thoroughness will almost invariably cut through the "tape” or lead to the proper official where courteous and attentive treatment will be received.1923, Henry C. Clark, Departmental Practice, Admission of Attorneys, Etc, page 7. From the entry tape

Meaning of attentive

1. adjective Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
2. adjective Courteous; mindful.

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Questions about attentive in a sentence

How do you use attentive in a sentence?

Attentive is used as an adjective. For example: “She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.”

What is a short sentence with attentive?

“Azie is a charming and attentive host.”

What does attentive mean?

Attentive means paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.