hold somebody's attention

But they did not seem to hold my attention, after all.

So the next four days will be enough to hold everyone's attention.

"He should have held their attention for another five minutes."

The subject on its own is more than enough to hold people's attention.

Every year he held their attention with the story, and many knew it by heart.

I used to like reading, but it didn't seem to hold my attention any more.

Very little of this, however, held his attention more than a moment.

She had access to everybody and $30 million to hold their attention.

The place had a way of holding your attention, she knew.

I feel as though everything had been thought over already and there is nothing which could hold my attention now.