How to use "directed" in a sentence

all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war

In time, she directed a revue, then directed and produced another

Tall lampposts were arrayed across this featureless plain, casting dim, reddish light that was severely directed downward to attract as little attention as possible from aircraft that strayed out of the usual flight patterns and from anyone backpacking elsewhere in these remote mountains

At that time, all my energy was directed at finding Anne Catherick