She looked up, her attention suddenly sharpened by the change in his voice.

At the mention of a subspace tunnel, Picard's attention sharpened.

"Versace," my attention immediately sharpened when he mentioned Rocky, "displayed a very bad attitude."

His attention sharpened as the girls straggled out of the water one by one.

Silence's attention sharpened, and she glanced warily toward the central column.

There was a desperation in his voice that had nothing to do with the gang surrounding him, and Silence's attention sharpened further.

There was something faintly suggestive in the way she said this, and Sologdin's attention sharpened.

Paris's attention sharpened, and he glanced quickly over his shoulder.

It was simulated surprise, she thought, and her attention sharpened.