Sentence examples for left to devote from inspiring English sources
After 15 years at Venini, Scarpa left to devote more time to architecture, but applied what he had learned there for the rest of his working life.
Matthay studied at the Royal Academy of Music and then taught there from 1876 to 1925, when he left to devote his full attention to the piano school that he had founded in 1900.
You might think that someone with so many commitments wouldn't have much energy left to devote to a house, let alone one with three stories and 3,000 square feet in need of considerable T.L.C.
The other partner, Sara Faiola, 36, will leave to devote time to her family, the agency said.
Chris Anderson, the editor in chief of Wired magazine, is leaving to devote more time to the drone company he has been developing.
The star of the series, Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson's disease, appeared in the commercial, discussing how he was leaving to devote his time to help search for a cure for the disease.
He worked for the Nigerian Ministry of Education until 1977, when he left to teach and devote more time to writing.
That's why I left basketball: to devote my life to this".
In 1941, Miss Swartz married a Courant sportswriter, Bill Lee, and left journalism to devote her time to being Mrs. Lee and the mother of their four children.
In 1996, Senator Bob Dole, the Republican leader, left Congress to devote all his time to his candidacy, but that was after he had the Republican nomination nailed down.
Having joined the diplomatic service in the 1860s shortly after the formation of a united Italy, Sonnino left it to devote time to political, social, and economic studies of Italian life.
