Lexicographical Neighbors of Overattention
Literary usage of Overattention
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English (1919)
"Time has been wasted and efficiency reduced by overattention to certain matters
related to spelling. Hyphenating.—Usage for compounding words is not settled ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"She had an inadequate early course with overattention to local measures, and
relapsed the following spring, with more suppurating glands. ..."
3. Scientific Management in Education by Joseph Mayer Rice (1913)
"Owing to the importance of this subject, I beg to repeat what I stated in the
preceding chapter, namely, that overattention to penmanship, for the purpose ..."
4. Character and Temperament by Joseph Jastrow (1921)
"Hypochondria is the name for the trait, the foster-parent of invalidism—an
overattention to regimen, a constant prudential attitude toward health and a ..."
5. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"Particularly must these children be kept free from all sources of mental excitement,
such as loud talking, the overattention of adults, and the rough, ..."
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