How to Use devoid in a Sentence

devoid

adjective

• The 12th man isn't just some cutesy term devoid of meaning.
  — Star Tribune, 7 Sep. 2020
• On paper, yet again, the offense is devoid of a serious hole.
  — Hayden Grove, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2020
• Their campaigns proffer policies but are often devoid of passion.
  — Robert B. Reich, Star Tribune, 17 Aug. 2020
• This petition process seems to be completely devoid of any integrity.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2020
• That has left the land with sparse grass, devoid of the purple flowering bushes that the cattle usually eat during the summer.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2020
• But with many offices still closed and employees working from home, Downtown is largely devoid of its weekday bustle.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2020
• But as many operators are adjusting to life devoid of a high-pressure business lunch scenes, some are still chasing, and trying to recreate, that former buzzy scene.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 14 Aug. 2020
• The Quakes’ game against the Portland Timbers will transpire on familiar turf, in a stadium largely devoid of life.
  — Nick Eilerson, SFChronicle.com, 25 Aug. 2020
• But many of the revelers likely didn’t stop to think about the surrounding neighborhoods that are devoid of jobs, investment and opportunity.
  — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• The Orioles finished 13-20 at Camden Yards, which was devoid of fans from beginning to end.
  — David Ginsburg, Star Tribune, 20 Sep. 2020
• The stage is devoid of scenery, with the rear wall of the theater exposed.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2022
• The world isn’t full of empty space devoid of things to do.
  — Brittany Vincent, BGR, 26 Feb. 2022
• For the first time since 1963, the Rolling Stones will be devoid of their steady man behind the kit.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
• The 2020 class is devoid of can’t-miss, top-end talent.
  — Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020
• The Denali, at least on the east side of the highway, is devoid of caribou.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022
• Dallas was devoid of a hammer in the middle of the field who could play the run top-down.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2020
• The Grand Canyon, a place that appears devoid of human life from the rim, has long brimmed with it.
  — Zachary Petit, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022
• Fret not, though, if your evening wardrobe is devoid of options in terms of bags.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 9 Jan. 2023
• The machine is also devoid of a quickshifter, which, these days, should be par for the course.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2022
• The court ruled that his complaints were devoid of merit.
  — Feliz Solomon, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
• The people make sounds, but the sounds are shapeless, devoid of meaning.
  — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
• In a season largely devoid of star tight ends, Waller has been one.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
• The surface of the lake, roused to a salt-and-pepper stipple by the rain, was devoid of sailboats or swimmers.
  — John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2021
• The process leaves a permanent and raw scar, devoid of topsoil.
  — Madeline Ostrander, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022
• Of course, too many places are currently devoid of play.
  — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
• Yet despite the ugly 7–17 record thus far, this isn't a team devoid of talent.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 5 Dec. 2022
• One panel room is equipped so when shades are closed a yellow light bathes the food and leaves it devoid of color.
  — cleveland, 16 May 2022
• That’s as sure of a thing as the Warriors were going to find in a draft devoid of a generational prospect.
  — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• But the move reflects who Sinema is at her core: devoid of any scrutable ideology but profoundly cynical.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 Dec. 2022
• Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a show of force over the weekend—unveiling a new Chinese leadership team completely devoid of rivals.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024