Sentence examples for gathering devoted from inspiring English sources

What was intended to be a gathering devoted to the work of Judith Malina turned into a celebratory shiva.

Consider Lilith as if it were a bluegrass fest, then, or a day of Dixieland jazz: a gathering devoted to an esoteric musical style.

Among them is No Way Back, one of the US's finest techno nights: a psychedelic gathering devoted to deep, raw acid sounds.

It was, in short, a gathering devoted almost entirely to the culture war refined by Mr. Rove in Mr. Bush's two campaigns.

Starting on Sunday, Washington will host 20,000 scientists, public health officials, activists and journalists at the biannual conference of the International AIDS Society, the world's biggest gathering devoted to the disease.

The fact that a gathering devoted, in part, to the sophisticated study of baseball statistics will serve as a charity fund-raiser underscores how that element of the game has grown.

Sponsored by the National Council of Negro Women and held in cities across the United States, the reunions were large, celebratory gatherings devoted to the history, culture and traditions of African-Americans.

In the early 1970s, however, such activities were marquee events at gatherings devoted to humanistic psychology, a school that Rollo May, a practitioner, lamented was "formed by scholars" and "taken over by hippies".

Much of the gathering was devoted to the finer points of yogurt production, like whey disposal and manure management: the president of the New York Power Authority was on hand to discuss new efforts to convert cow waste into energy.

Cal alum Gary Tobin, Ph.D. '75, Think Tank participant and president of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, believes it's time for his people to get over the idea that "Jews don't do that". This year's invitation-only gathering was devoted to the issue of conversion, which has bitterly divided the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform branches of Judaism.

Khaled Khoja, president of the Syrian National Coalition, urged Britain and other countries not to take part in open-ended talks after last Friday's meeting in Vienna, the largest gathering yet devoted to ending the four-and-half-year war, which has claimed over 250,000 lives and made 11 million people homeless.