How to Use attentive in a Sentence

attentive

adjective
Definition of attentivenext
Synonyms for attentivenext
  • The hospital is proud of its attentive staff.
  • Our waiter was very attentive.
  • Swift and Kelce’s menu Our waiter, Juan, was attentive, from the drink service to the entrees.
    — Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
  • His expertise shows in the classroom, and the kids are attentive and willing to listen to him.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
  • On-site staff: Having an attentive and well-trained staff available around the clock can make guests feel safer.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
  • While the service was attentive, my food took a long time to get to the table, and most of it arrived cold and lacking in flavor.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 31 Dec. 2022
  • In a statement to The Times, Jon Kean, a school board member, said the district and board have been very attentive to concerns at the campus.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Many of the bartenders and servers are from Ireland, and service is attentive; sometimes the food takes a long time to arrive.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The shifting landscape has forced agents to be more attentive and nimble with their clients’ movies.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The elegant menu matches the room; the precise and attentive service matches the menu.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Rooms are clean, spacious, and bright, and service is attentive.
    — Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Larry was a good dad … always attentive to the kids, great parents.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 22 July 2023
  • Thank you for being attentive and ready for her arrival.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The service here is so attentive the waiters come equipped with extra flashlights to lend you so your ancient self can read the menu.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Victims are motionless, with a slow heart rate, and attentive to threat.
    — Jen Percy, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Having a mission to get past an area that would soon be getting pounded by rough, cold waves kept the kids focused and attentive.
    — Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But being attentive to the world is both possible and crucial.
    — Celine Nguyen, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The findings suggested titanosaurs, among the largest dinosaurs to have lived, were not always the most attentive parents, Prasad said.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Undoubtedly, this is the kind of book that challenges Carrie, and the rest of us, to bring our most attentive and intelligent selves to the reading of it.
    — Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Following the cubs' birth, Clio has been attentive to her brood and is nursing the little cats without issue.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2022
  • These stories could get precious if Ryan weren’t so attentive to the strains of violence and heartache running under the surface of the village.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Our server, a lovely young man named Timur with three dazzling studs in his ears, was attentive and friendly from start to finish.
    — Linze Rice, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • These men of power were surprisingly attentive to what E had to say.
    — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The goal, simply, should be to find an outcome that’s attentive to her health and dignity, but mindful, too, of the health and dignity of others in the workplace.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Surrounded by fresh-faced teenage football players, the veteran coach preached the gospel of Propst to an attentive flock of Pell City players.
    — Dennis Victory, al, 14 July 2023
  • Still other paintings, covered in narrow waves from edge to edge, demand a special way of looking, one more attentive to parts than to the whole.
    — Will Heinrich, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There are plenty of legal issues and fiduciary fine points at the core of the action, and Laura is even more attentive to them than Enzo is.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But with hitters having only eight seconds to get set in the box and be attentive to the pitcher, Devers abandoned the practice.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • The American pit bull mix is attentive and patient, which has helped her master 10 tricks already.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The open kitchen gives the dining room a lively, rustic feel and, in true mountain town spirit, the service is quick and attentive without being overly stuffy.
    — Sarah Kuta, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2022

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