Sentence examples for life of devotion from inspiring English sources

I imagined, briefly, a life of devotion like that.

In a lengthy but carefully organized program, a succession of musicians and speakers attested to a life of devotion.

Lived a life of devotion to beloved sister, Rae N. Wasserman, nieces Rebecca Wish Esche, Jacqueline Wish Gilbert and extended family.

The agonised death of the old Prioress (fiercely sung by Deborah Polaski), full of dread after a life of devotion, felt less tormented than usual.

Members of the various denominations who abandon all worldly attachment enter an "inner circle" or "order" that, seeking a life of devotion, adopts or develops particular vows and observances, a common cult, and some form of initiation.

Vaishnavism emphasizes their character as an introduction to a life of devotion and as an entrance into closer contact with God, although happiness, knowledge, a long life, and a prospect of freedom from karma are also among the ideals to which they aspire.

An alternative approach, known as "ascetical theology," involved seeking God through a life of prayer, devotion, self-denial, and mortification.

Pilgrims (kalpwasi) gather to bathe twice daily in the Ganges and live a life of spiritual devotion.

In later life, he has advised young scientific workers to find some "shoemaker's job" as a balance against a one-sided life of complete devotion to science.

As a child, Mr. Modi worked in his father's tea shop, and as a young man chose politics over a life of religious devotion.

The rooms' simplicity seems to inspire our writers to imagine what it would be like to live a life of undistracted devotion.