Sentence examples for idea of devotion from inspiring English sources

Having once suppressed the idea of devotion to elderly parents, the Communist Party now orders it.

(Never mind that she fails to mention this plan to Nasrin, a fairly flat character, whose idea of devotion is amassing a prodigious collection of shoes).

In a new biography of Rumi, "Rumi's Secret," Brad Gooch describes how Shams pushed Rumi to question his scriptural education, debating Koranic passages with him and emphasizing the idea of devotion as finding oneness with God.

His support for the idea of devotion comes from Christ being presented in the painting like a gift, which he links to the painting's patron due to a perceived pun on the Italian word for "gift," "donare," and the patron's name, Doni.

Despite the demands of an increasingly fast-paced society, the Confucian idea of filial devotion is deeply embedded in Chinese society.

"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest idea of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote.

The Bush family is trying to build its legacy not around policy but around character a particular idea of service and rectitude, a devotion to decency in public life.

The protagonist brings to life her best friend, a fantastically drawn character, whose intense ideas and shocking acts she often interprets as a lack of devotion.

Ungern's life history further demonstrates the devotion to the idea of empire that remained prevalent among non-Russian elites but can never be accurately quantified.

The key attribute required of a Top Gear presenter is unerring devotion to the idea of the car as history's most perfect vehicle.

It is diverse and narrow-souled, with a devotion to the idea of power so ingrained as to make discord inevitable and chronic.