How to Use attention span in a Sentence

attention span

noun
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  • All the studies are out there about attention spans for everybody.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Have attention spans of theater-goers changed in the last 20 years?
    — Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Face it: No matter how well or poorly a team is playing, attention spans are always a challenge.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • That’s a real treat in this day and age, especially when our attention spans have become so truncated.
    — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The show tested audiences' patience and attention spans.
    — OregonLive.com, 1 Jan. 2018
  • Try to avoid multitasking, because that can lead to … flexible attention span.
    — Kate Lopaze, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2017
  • But the barrage of sometimes split-second scenes seems geared toward young audience members with the shortest of attention spans.
    — OregonLive.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Even if your child doesn’t quite have the attention span to ogle fine art, the museum’s tower makes for a great, and easily accessible, view.
    — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2018
  • But a lecture is inherently confined, since nobody’s attention span can visit multiple ideas properly in one sitting.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Other aides bemoan his tenuous grasp of facts, jack-rabbit attention span and propensity for conspiracy theories.
    — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Some social activists blame the media for the public's short attention span, believing that online interest is driven by the amount of time and attention the press gives to any given subject.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Further studies show that screen time is associated with higher levels of obesity, shorter attention spans, and higher rates of depression.
    — CBS News, 8 Jan. 2018
  • It’s got to do with the attention span of 18- to 35-year-old users.
    — Sanaya Chandar, Quartz India, 9 Dec. 2019
  • More proof of the short attention span kids have, and the ease of skipping around.
    — Jenny Cohen, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The moon’s clash with Venus gives you the attention span of a butterfly.
    — USA TODAY, 14 July 2024
  • If our attention spans were longer, what more could be done?
    — Jessica Ravitz, CNN, 12 June 2018
  • Breuer, who is thirty-nine, has a red beard and a short attention span.
    — David Gauvey Herbert, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Anya answered more wrong than right, which seemed to shrink the five-year-old’s attention span.
    — Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2022
  • My son was three and had an attention span of five minutes.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There are so many new things that come up that are taking away from the pie of the attention span of the audience.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Take that time to nurture your attention span and settle in with a good book.
    — Tessa Bahoosh, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2020
  • They’re also meant to sweep up the shards of our shattered attention spans.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • Right now the world is moving so fast and most people have a very short attention span.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 16 July 2021
  • And the attention span that’s required to let a rock band grow is hard to come by in this industry.
    — Ed Masley, azcentral, 18 Apr. 2018
  • All sports are obsessed with pace of play and lengthy game times in a world of second screens and short attention spans.
    — Will Leitch, Daily Intelligencer, 5 June 2018
  • Think about a kid’s attention span when picking a task.
    — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
  • With so many fish in the swiping sea, the attention span of the average dater is limited (to say the least).
    — Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • People’s attention spans for these kind of things is short-lived.
    — Luke Winkie, Vox, 27 June 2019
  • Grades may even improve if attention spans can return to normal.
    — Samuel Chapman, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Zoom in: According to the study, these ESG reports are getting longer — as attention spans are getting shorter — with most averaging 83 pages long.
    — Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024

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