Sentence examples for devoted himself to the cause from inspiring English sources

After the Revolution began, Calonne devoted himself to the cause of counterrevolution.

He was a courageous man who devoted himself to the cause of the mentally ill.

Thenceforth Lamennais devoted himself to the cause of the people and put his pen at the service of republicanism and socialism.

After a day in which he has devoted himself to the cause of helping disabled children develop through playing various sports, Cruyff says simply: "It's beautiful.

Also joining the board is prominent anti-extremist advocate Bjørn Ihler who devoted himself to the cause after surviving the 2011 terrorist attack in Norway, and has worked with former UN head Kofi Annan and institutions such as the British Council and European Union.

For a number of years now, Lessig has devoted himself to the cause of campaign finance reform, which he prefers to call a struggle for "citizen equality".

For the past quarter-century, in one way or another, Jesse Jackson, Jr. has devoted himself to the causes of justice, equality and peace.

I believe he should leave the cabinet and devote himself to the cause of those at the hard end.

However, he rejected them and returned to Puerto Rico in 1921 in order to devote himself to the cause of Puerto Rican independence.

Zamenhof was in his twenties when all this happened, and for a while, before devoting himself to the cause of Esperanto, he was an enthusiastic Zionist.

As the Beatles wound down, John chose to devote himself to the cause of peace.