How to Use devote in a Sentence

devote

verb

• I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog.
• If the answer is yes, devote your energy to focusing on that rather than your negative feelings about her.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
• New Zealand’s government is devoting millions of dollars to help teenagers heal from breakups.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2023
• Counseling centers are frequently stretched thin, and some schools simply are not devoting the funding that is needed.
  — Jamie Merisotis, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• The couple recently decided to get married when Rigaud devoted himself to his faith.
  — Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
• Then, there are people like Carl Laemmle, who devote themselves to helping people, regardless of their place of birth.
  — Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• But the coaching staff guessed correctly, devoting more time this week to prepping for the Rams and their intricate offensive scheme.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
• While other news organizations are devoting major time and space to the story, Fox News has yet to report on it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• But purpose can also take other forms—you may be motivated to devote yourself to religion, create art, or advocate for a social cause.
  — Amelia Harnish, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• Kettering Cancer Center are devoting their lives to figuring out what’s behind this.
  — Marty Munson, Men's Health, 6 Mar. 2023
• The tech giant is continuing to devote resources to facilities and services structured to deliver packages to customers in less than a day.
  — Sebastian Herrera, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2023
• Fox News, naturally, led the charge, with the right-wing network devoting segment after segment to assailing Walz and his character.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
• Rather, the 29-year-old devoted her first ink to a gas station.
  — John McCracken, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
• Dabble in short punchy books, but devote the season to an epic.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2024
• And coach Sean McVay devoted time to his wife and weeks-old son.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• Newsom devoted his entire State of the State speech in 2020 to the issue.
  — Nick Watt, CNN, 11 July 2023
• Then, in 2021, Olson left the band to devote more time to family.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• My father devoted the last years of his life searching for them.
  — Scott Lebar, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
• At the start of 2023, Holt stopped working at Four Winds to devote his full energy to running.
  — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
• Since leaving Duke, Krzyzewski said he's been able to devote more time to his radio show.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
• Wegmans has plenty of loyal fans — but are they devoted enough to want to bring a part of the grocery chain home?
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
• Churches often devote a day to the blessing of the animals.
  — Matt Keenan, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
• On the ground floor, the new Saks women’s store is devoted almost entirely to shoes, with some handbags in the mix.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
• It was recommended that the schools devote half the time to reading, writing and arithmetic.
  — Nicholas P. Brown, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Enzo ferments the dough on Wednesday, and devotes Friday to toppings and sauces.
  — Catherine Smart, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• What Bug has devoted too much time to is getting tattoos.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2024
• Even after the major pay increase, Epshteyn has not devoted all of his working time to the Trump campaign.
  — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 3 June 2024
• Palmieri devoted much of his life to subjects that would raise eyebrows today.
  — Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2023
• Nick Gilbert, the donors’ oldest son, was diagnosed with the disease as a child and devoted much of his life to raising awareness about it.
  — Maria De Mento, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
• So he’s really devoted himself to that part of his game.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 15 Sep 2024