devout
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Through it all, Vance seems to be hoping that the crowd that sees his “Christian charity” face isn’t the same one showing up to hoot at his lame “no homo” jokes about the devout Talarico.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Chefs and cooks—from haute cuisine to everyman grub—count themselves among the most devout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But despite what he has been through, the devout Jew said he refuses to feel sorry for himself.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
These dozen or so new worshippers - clustered around a band called Present Tense - were devout but disillusioned with traditional Anglican worship.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
She is a devout Catholic and prays “the blessing of God upon me, as I do in all my actions.”
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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They are nests built with faithfulness and affection, and through them one seems to get a glimpse of devouter, sturdier times.
From Winter Sunshine by John Burroughs
Robinson Crusoe on his island could not have had a devouter thankfulness when he recovered the articles from the wreck than we had in the contemplation of our treasure.
From The Wayfarers by J. C. Snaith
Instead of contemning the idea of a heavenly futurity as an idle dream image of human longing, it were both devouter and more reasonable, from 22 Charakteristiken und Kritiken, s.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
After which he procured them food and medicines, which he begged from the devouter sort, and himself attended them both day and night.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Sir Walter Scott
He finds them the same men, although with better and devouter hearts, as we are at this day.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various
To him it suggested an attitude of the devoutest worship.
From The Heart of Unaga by Ridgwell Cullum
He was an enthusiast in the duties of the Samaritan; and as his virtues were softened by the gentlest charity, so his hopes were based upon the devoutest belief.
From Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Wherever Michael Angelo's hand has been, devoutest attention is instinctively aroused; when the master speaks, all others hold their peace.
From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Charles Gounod
But Christ has our devoutest love and gratitude, and our profoundest reverence.
From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker
The religion of Success no longer held him as its devoutest worshiper.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
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