How to Use devout in a Sentence

devout

adjective

• It is his devout wish to help people in need.
• Even the most devout of founders don’t have all the answers.
  — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
• But for a devout Catholic, the issue has not been an easy one for Biden to talk about.
  — Mike Memoli, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2022
• It’s one thing to believe in God, to be prayerful, to be devout, to talk about that faith.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
• The father is a devout Catholic who refuses to fight for the Nazis.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
• He's won 41 times so far this year and rebuilt a devout fanbase along the way.
  — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2020
• The devout fans then found out that the thief sold it to the owner of the Admiral Blake pub in London and went from there.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• Moore, a devout Christian, has known Bowen for 25 years.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2022
• Bradley, who is straight, married and a devout Latter-day Saint, seems about to go in for a kiss.
  — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
• The three brothers were raised by devout Catholic parents.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
• With its house music vibe, the dance track marked the return the Bey Hive (as her devout fan base is known) was more than ready for.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 21 June 2022
• Two justices recommended by Leo were devout Catholics and the third was raised in the faith.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• By the point the church video was taken, in 2017, Mack was a devout member of Overcomer.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
• Cuevas was the eighth of nine children born to a devout Catholic couple in Jalisco and the second to pursue the priesthood.
  — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
• Even a devout Barb like Lil Nas X seemed surprised — the camera caught him with a priceless look of shock on his face.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2022
• Ratzinger was born in Bavaria in 1927, was raised in a devout Catholic family, and wanted to be a cardinal from the age of five.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2023
• As a devout Catholic, Joe Biden believes in the afterlife.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 10 Nov. 2020
• Of course, not everyone at the pub was a devout women’s soccer fan.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Aug. 2023
• My wife, Elenor, was raised in a devout Latter-day Saint family, one in which three of the five children are gay.
  — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• Just like the devout man, James ends up being the recipient of a nearly holy gift, on a hike.
  — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
• Leeza is a devout teen and the daughter of Crockett Island's mayor.
  — Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2021
• The Parkses are a devout couple and Kerry plays trombone in their church’s band.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2021
• The mogul Morgan made a ton of money and was a committed, devout Christian.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
• The group laughed while sharing stories of Held Evans’s devout childhood.
  — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2021
• Razia, her family, and most of her friends are devout Muslims.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2023
• That didn't give much time to get an outfit ready for devout poetry fans like Sanne Wit.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
• Both men were raised in devout Irish Catholic families.
  — Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Kesling, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
• Lee, as devout hoops fans now know, has been a ubiquitous courtside 13th man at Knicks games.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 9 Dec. 2021
• And some devout Catholics are still struggling with temptation.
  — Kyle MacNeill, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2024
• Here, the Pacifica played with devout focus, bringing us into the territory of late Beethoven and late Shostakovich.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024