devote oneself
Example Sentences
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Is that too young to devote oneself to elite sport, and the mental and physical strains that come with it, asks Kristen Doerer.
From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2019
To devote oneself to Flappy Bird is to know the abject futility of Sisyphus.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2014
But what made Guillettes so bewitching a residence were the woods and canals surrounding it, in which one could devote oneself to the pleasures of angling and the chase.
From The Seven Wives Of Bluebeard 1920 by Stewart, D. B.
It is far easier to indulge in broad generalizations than to devote oneself to a close study of nature or man.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile
I'm sorry about that son of mine, because I should have liked to prove that it is possible to devote oneself utterly to a son without spoiling him.
From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton
