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

When he got back, after seventeen months overseas, he devoted himself to the task of producing the novel, rereading pages of "Anna Karenina" for inspiration.

For the next 15 months he devoted himself to the task of creating a united military organization in western Europe to be a defense against the possibility of communist aggression.

Consecrated bishop of Seckau (1849) and subsequently archbishop (1853) and cardinal (1855) of Vienna, he devoted himself to the task of removing the restrictions on the Roman Catholic Church in Austria that remained from the 18th-century reign of Emperor Joseph II.

The Glasgow-based Anglican obstetrician Ian Donald, who in the 1950s helped bring ultrasound technology from shipyard to doctor's office, had devoted himself to the task out of a belief that the images would increase empathy for the unborn, and make women less likely to choose abortions.

While in London, Marx devoted himself to the task of revolutionary organising of the working class.

Raël then devoted himself to the task he said was given by his "biological father", an extraterrestrial named Yahweh.

Then he will require another source of income if he is to devote himself to the task full-time.

The New Yorker, December 21 , 1987P. 56 PROFILE of Leonard Ragozin, 59, who devotes himself to the task of isolating a horse's true speed.

By Jeff Coplon The New Yorker, December 21 , 1987P. 56 PROFILE of Leonard Ragozin, 59, who devotes himself to the task of isolating a horse's true speed.

For nearly 10 years, Hyde has devoted himself to that task.

Patoski must be fascinated by the Cowboys to have devoted himself to this herculean task.