Sentence examples for irrational devotion from inspiring English sources
That loyalty can also be foolish, to the extent where even Goodfellas materfamilias Karen Hill would question such irrational devotion.
Still, Dolan has shown a stubborn — some would say irrational — devotion to a number of coaches and executives in the past.
Other speakers told of similar problems, suggesting that, just as in ancient times, wolves still evoke extreme emotions: what Mr. Blanco of Madrid called "pathological hatred," and opposed to that, an almost irrational devotion.
Of course, irrational devotion is, in essence, what it means to be a sports fan otherwise cities would never willfully hand over hundreds of millions of dollars to billionaire owners for new stadiums without expecting a return on investment.
Based on their front office's never-ending stream of bonehead moves, and a team that hasn't been to the playoffs in 16 years, being a Pirates fan necessitates an extreme, possibly irrational, devotion.
This devotion must be so irrational that, if anyone dares to suggest something is better than a car – perhaps a boat, or a train, or a BMX, or a bobsleigh, or a jet fighter – you must feel compelled to immediately challenge one to a race.
Their devotion to their work is irrational, risky, extravagant: you might even say crazy.
However, when we strip away the marketing spin surrounding modern brands, our devotion to the things is nothing short of irrational.
Loud and rowdy comedy and its repetitive antics fuses with quietly transcendent tenderness, a geographical devotion to terrain meets special effects of a simple, irrational sublimity.
But they also say many Jews struggle with the agonizing counter-pulls expressed by Ms. Rothman — devotion to liberal social policies but a primal, if to some irrational, sense that Republican hawks might be better for Israel.
Great literature and great criticism possess in common a sort of penumbra of wide but unsystematic learning, a devotion to civilized values, an awareness of tradition, and a willingness to rely occasionally on the irrational and intuitive.
