Sentence examples for it was a devotion from inspiring English sources

"It was a devotion, an expression of man's love for God that was embodied in everything the Shakers did".

More sympathetic to a Blakean sensibility, George Orwell identified a patriotic view of England that was "the opposite of Conservatism": it was a "devotion to something that is always changing and yet is felt to be mystically the same … the bridge between the future and the past".

For Mr Amash it is a devotion to liberty that does not always suit Republican priorities.

That is all we need; it is a devotion that is called forth from our deepest being, but it is not a blind devotion.

There's certainly a kind of steadfast devotion at work there, but I think it's a devotion to an antiquated sense of duty more than anything else.

While nationalism is accordingly aggressive, patriotism is defensive: it is a devotion to a particular place and a way of life one thinks best, but has no wish to impose on others (Orwell 1968, 362).

But much like my love of blue cheese and the Macarena, it's a devotion my friends don't necessarily understand.

It is a devotion not pre-programmed into my sporting consciousness, having been raised in Detroit, Michigan, where the closest football royalty came by was when the 1994 FIFA World Cup played matches on the newly-invented field-turf at the massive and creaky Pontiac Silverdome.

She was not an intellectual, and her grasp of English was comically imperfect, but it was a marriage of mutual devotion.

It was a show of fervent devotion to a songwriter whose official debut album, "Channel Orange," was released just two weeks ago and whose songs aren't radio-ready jingles.

It was a strange reminder of devotion I lost.