Sentence examples for devoid of true from inspiring English sources
More often, Millepied's work is judged to be technically accomplished, intelligent, and devoid of true inspiration.
Yet, for all its pulpy muscularity, the show is oddly prudish — sexually and morally prim and devoid of true anarchy.
The mine waste disposal environment is devoid of true soil character deprived of macro and micro-nutrients, acidic pH with elevated concentrations of trace metals.
While the rhythms and phrases of Woolf's novel reappear in the other two stories, we follow the novelist's thoughts about how her new work "will prove arid and weak, devoid of true feeling; a dead end".
For Philip IV this involvement turned out to be even more disastrous than it had for Charles V. Spanish leadership, as practiced by the self-willed Castilian grandees abroad, had proved to be energetic and clever, but it was ultimately as devoid of true statesmanship as the slackness of the king and his privado.
We are so judged and so judgmental, and we are so in competition with others and at times even internally that we are devoid of true vehicles of sharing, of comfort -- the ultimate source of consolation.
Christine Entwisle and Richard Katz are well matched as a particularly repellent Lord and Lady Capulet, alike devoid of any true affection for their daughter.
Re "New Life for Networks" (news analysis, front page, Feb. 21), about a federal appeals court ruling that could lead to a reduction or an end of limits on the ownership of TV stations: The reason the networks are dying is that they are devoid of any true expression.
We made them easy prey for our corporate overlords, while instilling in them the values of a celebrity-obsessed, technology-driven culture devoid of any true spirituality.
The Clippers are devoid of a true star, a prerequisite for winning in the NBA playoffs, and they've got players on their roster with pasts full of injuries.
