Sentence examples for devoted a couple from inspiring English sources

In "The Art of the Comeback," one of his ghostwritten endeavors, published a few months after the Profile appeared, he devoted a couple of pages to attacking me: "When [Singer] came into the office I immediately sensed that he was not much of anything, nondescript, with a faint wiseguy sneer and some kind of chip on his shoulder". Et cetera, ad hominem.

It was very telling that this time round, even during his short inaugural speech, he devoted a couple of lines to the issue of human rights violations.

Every summer since 2005, she's devoted a couple weeks to operating the Tide and Current Taxi, using the tides, river currents, and her paddles to move people from one place to another in a homemade boat.

Dr. Byock devotes a couple of chapters to the changes he would like to see happen.

And maybe devote a couple of hours to thinking about where they can go next summer.

The documentary does an excellent job of summarizing the story of the cycle in as few words as possible, devoting a couple of paragraphs to each opera.

LETTER FROM BERLIN devotes a couple of paragraphs to observations of life in East Berlin: making rounds of night spots, mentions jazz outfits.

The New Yorker, January 18 , 1964P. 41 LETTER FROM BERLIN devotes a couple of paragraphs to observations of life in East Berlin: making rounds of night spots, mentions jazz outfits.

If I could control my distaste for it, I would devote a couple of minutes to the task each day and be done.

CDNow's promotions manager handles the sweepstakes, she said, and four other employees devote "a couple days, tops, per quarter" to the events.

We usually devote a couple of minutes to business that's going to be coming up in the afternoon or the next day or two.