Sentence examples for a common devotion to from inspiring English sources

By the 8th century the city league (a group of cities with a common devotion to the same sanctuary) had become the normal political institution among the Aeolians, Ionians, and Dorians.

They are creating mini-societies, each with a common devotion to one regime, and along with it the giddy sense of being in on something new, of belonging to a group that's cool.

His congregation, which had never numbered more than 25, grew in the next few years to include a kind of nonsectarian contingent of writers, performers and, eventually, 3,500 season-ticket subscribers — a group Mr. Lanier described as bound less by religious affiliation than by a common devotion to theater with a capital "T".

Court records suggest Garat and Orman, then and now a licensed California insurance salesperson with an office in that Oakland suburb, shared a common devotion to an Indian guru.

In 1860 Everett was the unsuccessful vice presidential candidate of the Constitutional Union Party, which sought to bridge sectional differences by stressing common devotion to the Union and the Constitution.

"May this bell ring and sound forth the hope and resolve of our two nations in their common devotion to enduring prosperity, liberty and peace".

During a religious revival in Mexico in the late 19th century, preachers declared that the foundation of Mexico could be dated to the time of the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, because she freed the people from idolatry and reconciled the Spanish and indigenous peoples in a common devotion.

WASHINGTON — In nearly a dozen recent terrorism cases in the United States, Britain and Canada, investigators discovered the suspects had something in common: a devotion to the message of Anwar al-Awlaki, an eloquent Muslim cleric who has turned the Web into a tool for extremist indoctrination.

THERE is one thing that Britney Spears, circa-1980s Madonna, Gwen Stefani, "I Dream of Jeannie," the Spice Girls, "Clueless" and Matt Dillon in "Over the Edge" have in common: a devotion to the crop top.

All these thinkers have a common thread--a nameless devotion to the Supreme, message of unity and belief in the equality among humankind.

People like to help others, they like to feel generous, especially if they share something in common (a spiritual connection, a shared belief, devotion to a common cause, etc).