Bailing frantically and not too effectively with his hands, he could not spare much attention for what was going on around him.

He was serious; he wanted to keep moving, but could not spare much attention for his personal activity at the moment.

He was spared too much attention from his squadmates.

Now I could spare attention for what had occurred.

"Indeed," murmured Gallim, sparing me enough attention to move his fingertips down my face again.

He couldn't spare attention for what must be fragments torn from Destiny plants.

"Just try it," said the Ragged One, not sparing attention from her task.

As though the people could not spare attention for them.

The Western world is not spared attention either.