devotion
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Meanwhile, actor and artist RiRia has a lifelong devotion to punk fashion, curating a Hysteric Glamour wardrobe bursting with color, energy and attitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
My devotion crystallized right there, and it never left.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
He didn’t care about Steven’s devotion to learning the cello.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Josh Levin explains why Eala has inspired such strong devotion among fans, and how she’s reshaping the game in her image.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
He put me off his knee, rose, and reverently lifting his hat from his brow, and bending his sightless eyes to the earth, he stood in mute devotion.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Local Christians also stand out as they join the devotions, with Palestinian and Armenian scout groups leading religious processions.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2023
“People are going to have different devotions depending on where they’re from, and that’s something to be encouraged,” said Cecilia González-Andrieu, a theology professor at Loyola Marymount University.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2022
Buddhists use such statues to help focus their devotions and to contemplate the virtues of the religion’s founder.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
At 6:30 a.m., they have breakfast and Christian devotions.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
The priests filed out to the god-ring to do their devotions.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Vocabulary lists containing devotion
Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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100 Great Words from "Fahrenheit 451" -- Part I Vocabulary
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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