Sentence examples for maintained devotion from inspiring English sources

There was certainly more than a hint of opportunism, but the song has maintained devotion, and is arguably Bowie's most famous song, thanks to the epic sci-fi production, catchy close harmonies, intriguing narrative and the all-too-human dialogue between Major Tom and Ground Control that drifts closer to pathos with each passing minute.

Providing more mature material, publishers reason, is a good way to maintain devotion to books among the teenagers who are scooping up young-adult fiction and making it the most popular category in literature, with a crossover readership that is also attracting millions of adults.

Through it all, Choi maintains devotion to the country he once pledged to die for.

Mr. Zinsser stubbornly maintained his devotion.

But among the many readers who privately maintained their devotion to the old poet was Robert Frost, in many ways Longfellow's true successor.

Through years of poverty, Mr. Vitolo, a modest man who works as a janitor at Jacobi Medical Center and prays that his two grown daughters find good husbands, has maintained this devotion.

QUESTION FROM SHAWN: Do you know if it is common for practicing Catholics to disregard or ignore the Pope but still maintain a devotion to their faith?

Since Mr. Blass died in 2002, the company that owns his name has struggled to maintain the devotion of his old customers.

"He could either stay silent and thereby maintain his devotion and commitment to his Al Qaeda and Taliban brothers and their despicable objectives, or he could choose to be an American.

Two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan rage on, the Middle East still rattles its cages in the Gaza strip and elsewhere, while America maintains its devotion to Israel.

So how can we balance our desire to demonstrate care through giving, maintain our devotion to tradition, and protect the environment by consuming and discarding less?