DEVOTION in a Sentence

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248 example sentences for DEVOTION, such as:
1. Everyone knew his dumb devotion to her.
2. Lucy is absolutely devoted to her cats.
3. He is adorable for his devotion to science.
4. Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life.
5. The statue of the emperor became an object of devotion.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DEVOTION
devotion
 n.  religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
 n.  (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It was high tide of devotion and pride in their hearts, high tide of the Confederacy, for final victory was at hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  And with every day that passed, she became more sure in her own mind of his devotion, more certain he would arrange matters satisfactorily when the Yankees were finally beaten.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  Nothing but my devotion to you would make me, at this stage of my career, turn horse thief--and thief of such a horse.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
4  Everyone knew his dumb devotion to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
5  She did not realize the importance he attached to Bonnie's foolishness nor the completeness of his devotion to the child until one dreadful night.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
6  Pitty called on her and wept and protested her love and devotion, but Melanie always refused to discuss matters and never returned the calls.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
7  She was disappointed by his devotion to making money, but she was sure that he did not lie to patients, and that he did keep up with the medical magazines.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  Hunting was equally a devotion, full of metaphysical concepts veiled from Carol.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
9  After that she loved him with all the devotion and instinct at which she had scoffed.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
10  She hated herself and the town's indifferent cruelty when she saw Bea's radiant devotion to both babies alike; when she saw Miles staring at them wistfully.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
11  When she came home, after supper with the Kennicotts and Guy Pollock, she had a sudden and rather pleasant backsliding from devotion.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
12  She had, on the train, worked herself up to such devotion that she was willing to give up her own room, to try to share all of her life with Kennicott.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
13  I wanted to cross the footlights and help the slim-waisted Armand in the frilled shirt to convince her that there was still loyalty and devotion in the world.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: III
14  They seemed never before to have weighed much against the abundance of her husband's kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be tacit and self-understood.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In III
15  He pleased her; his absolute devotion flattered her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VII
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1  Their single-minded devotion to the care of the dying was admirable.
2  We looked up to you as a shining example of devotion to the scientific cause.
3  The judge praised the firefighters for their bravery and devotion to duty.
4  To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
5  The statue of the emperor became an object of devotion.
6  His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion.
7  He is adorable for his devotion to science.
8  The spirit consists in whole - hearted devotion to public interests.
9  Prince Charles spoke of his grandmother's fortitude and devotion to duty after the death of her husband, King George.
10  In an effort to inculcate religious devotion, the officials ordered that the school day begin with the singing of a hymn.
11  Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life.
12  Lucy is absolutely devoted to her cats.
13  But the same kind of eclipse did not affect that other great area devoted to reconstructing the history of life: paleontology.
14  Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time.
15  Although the book was devoted to cancer, the word "cancer" did not even appear in the index.