devote
Example Sentences
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Four or five paragraphs were devoted to detailing the theater design—Oriental deities, minarets, hanging rugs, burning incense.
From Literature
“L’Enfant was so devoted to his work, to his girls,” the officer said.
From Literature
His splendid book is devoted to a topic—the health benefits derived from exposure to high temperatures—that could be tedious in the wrong hands.
In your memoir you devoted a whole chapter to project ideas you haven’t had a chance to complete.
Skyrocketing gas prices are “delivering an immediate hit to household budgets — particularly for lower-income families that devote a larger share of their spending to energy.”
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
