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/sˈɪŋɡəlnəs/
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NOUN
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the quality of concentrating on one central objective
his singleness of purpose -
without hypocrisy
the singleness of his motives could not be questioned
How To Use singleness In A Sentence
- Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
- the singleness of his motives could not be questioned
- Fridays Pray for the Mission Board, that there might be unity and a singleness of purpose.
- To me, it illustrates that the son is incapable of distinguishing between singleness of purpose and monomania.
- Mr. Ruskin bade men "go to Nature in all singleness of heart, and walk with her laboriously and trustingly, having no other thought but how best to penetrate her meaning, _rejecting nothing, selecting nothing and scorning nothing_;" and Mr. Hamerton was literally obeying him when he exiled himself for five years in a hut on an island in a bleak Scotch lake to learn faithfully to portray the shores of that single lake. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878
- His plays are characterized by singleness and diversity.
- It aims to undermine the very foundations of Anglo-American civilization - and perhaps, through sheer numbers and singleness of purpose, it will succeed.
- Every ingenuous person, who is invited to embrace a certain profession, that of the church for example, will desire, preparatorily to his final determination, to examine the evidences and the merits of the religion he embraces, that he may enter upon his profession under the influence of a sincere conviction, and be inspired with that zeal, in singleness of heart, which can alone prevent his vocation from being disgraceful to him. Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries
- Fridays Pray for the Mission Board, that there might be unity and a singleness of purpose.
- Beyond ego, be - yond personality, beyond awareness, he moved, Kuang moving with him, evading his attackers with an ancient dance, Hideo's dance, grace of the mind-body interface granted him, in that second, by the clarity and singleness of his wish to die. Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth
