Sentence examples for growing devotion from inspiring English sources

Mr. Tsarnaev portrayed his quitting as a reflection of the sport's incompatibility with his growing devotion to Islam.

But if the rapidly lengthening list is a testament to Indonesia's growing devotion, it has also become a source of one of its perennial problems: corruption.

"The growing devotion to the Virgin is a visible testimony of her presence in the soul of the Cuban people," he said.

All had local governments with elections open to most free men, with a growing devotion to the ancient rights of Englishmen and a sense of self-government stimulating support for republicanism.

Marian devotion grew from the 13th century, mostly forming around the concepts of the Immaculate Conception and her Assumption into heaven.

Sikhs wear turbans to represent piety, spirituality, courage, self-respect and honour, and allow their hair to grow to symbolise devotion to God.

He, for his part, was growing tired of her enthusiastic devotion to sculpting artistic figurines, which she fired in a kiln in their back yard.

This year, he told his lawyers that he began growing a beard out of devotion to his Muslim faith, although Army regulations prohibit soldiers from wearing beards.

Horwitz moves nimbly through Brown's deepening involvement in the movement in the 1830s and '40s, setting his devotion alongside the growing national conflict over slavery's place in a country ostensibly dedicated to equality.

Horwitz's account of the attack on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Va., in October 1859, moves nimbly through John Brown's deepening involvement in the abolitionist movement, and sets his devotion alongside the growing national conflict over slavery.

Two experiences that helped foster my devotion to music, growing up, were watching Leonard Bernstein's "Young People's Concerts" and going to the Hollywood Bowl.