Sentence examples for as a devotion from inspiring English sources

The story of ballet in America also began as a devotion to ballet as it once was; it was seen as something from across the ocean.

The movie is an advertisement for the artistic life — or, rather, the artistic life style — as a devotion of calm and comfortable leisure.

— In the scattered towns of central Pennsylvania, Penn State football is as much an industry as a devotion, fueled by the hundreds of thousands of fans who converge here on fall weekends and spend on hotels, meals, drinks and a mind-boggling array of Nittany Lions memorabilia.

Moreover, the Newtonians argued, if a set of irrefutable facts cannot be explained other then by accepting the brute facticity of their truth, this is not a failure of philosophical explanation so much as a devotion to appropriate rigor.

Though young, Antoine showed great piety, which the historian Pierre Debouxhtay described as a "devotion of a rather scrupulous formalism".

And while good friends confirm his impressive smarts, sharp and self-deprecating humor and deep-as-a-mine devotion to family, curiously few call him "warm".

And therefore America's greatness is as much the fruit of evil as of a devotion to freedom".

The director, Carlos Reygadas, photographs people and landscapes with a devotion as deep as the spiritual conviction that is his subject.

With a devotion as touching as it is creepy, Harry uses his cop's expertise to teach Dexter how to look and sound in order to fit in.

Always a passionate advocate of what is righteous and ethical, he will be remembered as a strong leader with a devotion to making a difference.

Despite its lack of commercial success, Unknown is the most lamented of all science fiction and fantasy magazines; Lester del Rey describes it as having gained "a devotion from its readers that no other magazine can match".