Sentence examples for devotion to states from inspiring English sources
Will you please stop talking about your devotion to states' rights?
In 1976, she was elected to the first of two terms in the Colorado House of Representatives, where she was a member of a group that called itself the Crazies for its members' passionate devotion to states' rights and opposition to federal energy and environmental policies.
Mr. Rendell swung into action, but he insists that the time he is devoting to her cause has not cut in to his devotion to state business.
In their effort to decipher the essence of Confederate defeat, historians have pointed to the slaveholding republic's lack of military and industrial resources, a stubborn devotion to state rights principles, inept political leadership, and the inability to foster a real sense of nationalism among the nation's populace, along with a host of other explanations.
For House Republicans, this week may be a major test as to whether their devotion to state's rights is a foundational principle for which they stand, or mere hypocritical rhetoric to be tossed aside when a few major corporations want to improve their bottom line and crush state and local democratic decision-making.
Devotion to the state's Origin team, and in the 1990s the all-conquering Broncos, was demanded.
Will it be a proven record for the job, relevant experience and a lifelong devotion to this state, New York?
But the ability to keep his family in familiar surroundings and his devotion to Ohio State won out every time an opportunity arose.
Judith's passionate devotion to the State of Israel and enduring love for her native Tel Aviv inspired many of her numerous philanthropic activities.
But he said he ultimately accepted the job because of his devotion to his state and the sense of obligation he developed as a marine.
This combination of Russian appetite and rational Soviet efficiency (his voice is "as measured as the feed of a fuel line"), of selfless devotion to the state and laid-back thrill-seeking individualism, leaves us with a shimmering and unexpected outline of what might have been.
