Sentence examples for devotion strikes from inspiring English sources

Although the song and video were an earnest attempt to "declare a single-hearted faithfulness in Christ in an age when such devotion strikes many as the freakiest kind of fanaticism," some of the more conservative Christian community members disapproved of the video.

But as baseball tries to standardize rule-book devotion to the strike zone, it is worth noting that from Monday to Wednesday during each week of the National Football League season, seven former on-field officials examine every play and every call made by officiating crews in every game.

Not that Arthur is doing much to inspire devotion following the successful strike by Morgana and Helios against Camelot.

I may not agree with him on everything these days—his single-minded devotion to a consumption tax strikes me as regressive but his anti-tax, anti-war, anti drug war, pro criminal justice reform, anti-discrimination views are a potentially potent cocktail of policies.

Earlier in the evening Bennett, who had made love for the first time with his high school dream girl Rose (Carey Mulligan), is avowing his devotion to her when the truck strikes.

He was struck by Smith's devotion to her son, Daniel, who died in the Bahamas, in 2006, and by the back pain she incurred from her breast implants, which probably exacerbated her pill addiction.

Ms. Graziose Corrin recalls being struck by Dr. Erickson's devotion to social justice and his children.

Spending time with the Petersens, I was struck not only by their mutual devotion but also by the easy way they avoided the snobberies that tend to cling to classical music.

They are twice as beautiful for being humiliated and it suddenly strikes her that yellow roses mean eternal devotion.

There is a complex balance to be struck between respect for cultural differences and devotion to our common destiny.

Heroines fare better on TV, but even there I'm struck by the persistent stereotype of a woman whose career devotion is both seed and flower of a tortured private life.