There's that gift of being able to dominate their attention and being able to draw them in.

The woman was lovely, but it was the man who dominated their attention.

But now, with the recession and the war dominating the nation's attention, many believe that this modest momentum will produce little.

Unlike many of his predecessors, he did not seek to have the girls' kimono dominate the viewer's attention.

Our own immediate problems tend to dominate our attention.

Even though network newscasts no longer dominate the nation's attention the way they once did, the anchor desks are still treated with near-majesty.

With cavalier insouciance, Scott allowed trivia and myth to dominate his attention.

I tried to concentrate on my immediate surroundings, but the burning building dominated my attention.

The most direct - and the most delicate - is to stress any link to the events dominating the nation's attention.

The thought of going to war against the hated Saxons dominated their attention.