Attention
Attention noun - A focusing of the mind on something.
Gun and attention are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gun" instead a noun "Attention".
Nearby Words: attentive, attentively
Gun
Gun noun - A portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder.
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Synonyms for Gun
Nearby Word: gunroom
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Both words in one sentence
- In The Wild Duck great attention is paid to the Ekdal's family gun or "That there gun" as Hjelmer Ekdal's wife puts it.
Source: Chekhovs Gun / Theatre -
In V for Vendetta, Fingerman Derek Almond cleans his gun with such fetishistic attention that he bullies his wife and he forgot to load his gun when he called to a sighting of V.
Source: Gun Stripping - The gun doesn't fire and Ippolit is unhurt, which just leads more people to assume that he deliberately loaded the gun incorrectly, and that the entire incident was just a cry for attention.
Source: Attention Whore / Literature
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