How to Use devotee in a Sentence

devotee

noun
  • The nightclub is popular among jazz devotees.
  • The grande dame of the event is Jean Overstreet, 89, a longtime devotee.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2021
  • His grandmother was a devotee, while her daughter, Turrell’s mother, was less so.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2021
  • At the time, Alcubierre was not just a passionate Star Trek devotee.
    Robert Gast, Scientific American, 13 July 2021
  • Roller skating manages to blend the nostalgic pleasure of roller discos and skate nights with actual fitness—as any skate devotee can attest.
    Malia Griggs, SELF, 29 June 2021
  • Advertisement For now, longtime devotees are keeping his business alive.
    Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
  • One person took Being a Pepper, or a Dr Pepper devotee, to the next level.
    Dallas News, 22 July 2021
  • Igor Dyatlov was a tinkerer, an inventor, and a devotee of the wilderness.
    Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
  • As a Plus/Pro Max devotee, booting up the Mini for the first time is quite the jarring experience.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Baker, a lifelong Star Wars devotee who vividly recalls dressing up as a Jawa as a child back in 1977, is happy for the fan base.
    Washington Post, 4 May 2021
  • But in the meantime, here are 18 shows and movies that any devotee of The Crown will love.
    Tamara Fuentes, Town & Country, 16 Sep. 2022
  • So, too, Mr. Lai, a devotee to truth who may die in prison.
    WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
  • And if the Taylor Swift devotees can splurge for the Eras Tour, why can’t sports nuts do the same?
    Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 28 July 2024
  • In fact, the duo have long been devotees to their famous cousin.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • One of the guests, a helpless vinyl devotee, pulled the Beatles’ 45 from the sleeve.
    Tom Junod, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • My husband is a devotee of the former, I of the latter.
    Longreads, 29 Dec. 2022
  • On the other was Sonny, 53, son of Spike and devotee of the Pirate.
    Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In any case, devotees said the movie failed to capture the series’s soul and butchered the sprawling story.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Villeneuve, a true devotee of the book, does not repeat the same mistakes.
    David Klion, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Is there a holy war between oval and square devotees and this was the compromise?
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
  • And devotees of raw milk seemed undeterred by the chance of illness.
    Rachel Cohrs Zhang Reprints, STAT, 16 May 2024
  • The famed McDonald’s devotee is not bored—at least yet.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 5 Apr. 2023
  • During the show, devotees hand gifts to the musicians and shout requests for deep cuts.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • And what does a Panic devotee think the Phish followers think of her lot?
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 27 May 2022
  • Nordstrom devotees know summer is the best time of the year to score deep discounts at the department store.
    Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Monks from the 900-year-old Carthusian order in the French Alps have cocktail devotees shaken and stirred.
    Inti Pacheco, wsj.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In the years after the show’s failure to launch, George Furth’s book got revised, and Sondheim devotees took up its cause.
    Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The low retail price may be a deterrent for some long-time skin care devotees.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Nordstrom devotees know summer is the best time of the year to score deep discounts at the department store.
    Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2024
  • The scene is everything the mother of a 4-year-old Jeffers devotee could imagine, and then some.
    Eliza Berman, Time, 28 Sep. 2022

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