Sentence examples for national devotion from inspiring English sources

(The only unifying American characteristic, according to Twain, was "the national devotion to ice water").

We don't have a fatherland, only an uncle, and Americans have always tried to justify their love of him by citing the national devotion to liberty and fairness.

Noma is in one of these; it is dark, candelit, directly on the canal and the perfect avatar of what the Danish call hygge: a national devotion to the warm, the fuzzy, the cozy.

"In India, cricket is nothing short of a religion, and we visualise developing new communities at the edges of cities revolving around the extraordinary national devotion to the game".

Seen in this light, our urge to give the full measure of our national devotion to the synchronized swimmers — and the shot-putters and even the heel-and-toe walkers and the beach-volleyball women in their bikinis — is logical and even admirable.

Dithering over Greece and key national governments' devotion to austerity began to exact a heavy toll last year.

In 1875 the first stone was laid for the Sacré Coeur basilica in Montmartre, designed as a statement of religious renewal, national atonement and devotion to Rome.

And if you and your better half want to partake in this national ritual of devotion, it certainly can't hurt.

Public celebrations of the Fatherland, the creation of national anthems and devotion to the flag all occurred in the wake of the French and American Revolutions.

The body of an unknown soldier, killed in the fighting, was also buried in the capital cities of many countries and has become the accepted focus of national reverence and devotion.

Will these lawmakers remember that devotion to national parks when their short-term funding resolution runs out again on January 15? That's right -- national parks and other federal government functions are open again, but only with enough funding to stay afloat through early winter.