Sentence examples for before he devoted from inspiring English sources
Still, it's easy to imagine Dior craving one last fling with his old love before he devoted himself to getting in shape for his new one.
The first sections on youth and religion, which include no works by van Gogh, are reminders that he was interested in painting long before he devoted himself entirely to art in 1880 at 27.
Thomas had never published anything before he devoted 10 years of his life to writing We Are Not Ourselves, much of that time while working as a high-school English teacher.
But long before he devoted his days to researching the interactions of atomic nuclei, he was an editor and photographer for New York's City College newspaper.
President Bush has said that before he devotes more money for global AIDS, he wants assurances that it will be well spent.
In an October speech before the National Association of State Boards of Education, which he devoted to the proper federal role in education, Secretary Duncan said Washington should not merely provide money to educate poor children and the disabled, but should shake up schools coast to coast.
He devoted the three years before that to documenting the police raids in Hackney, East London, where he used to live.
It is even attracting some young people who before had devoted themselves to the somewhat slower paced game of baseball.
There could be no clearer indication that Stanley comes from a time before rock'n'roll; that he has devoted his life to songs as ancient and craggy as mountains.
Born in Barcelona in April 1893, Miró was 18 before he decided to devote himself to painting.
