Sentence examples for on devoting from inspiring English sources

According to friends, he was already ill, but he was also intent on devoting himself to his own writing.

Had the museums charged I am sure my husband would have insisted on devoting the day to seeing everything thoroughly, putting the rest of us off the experience.

Even French farmers must be wondering how much longer the EU can be induced to go on devoting half its budget to subsidising an industry that employs only about 5% of the EU's working population.

He said he would have preferred a slugfest among the six leading candidates, but the Democratic Party and the candidates insisted on devoting half of the 90 minutes to structured questions -- and on including all nine candidates.

While a revolution was taking place in the lives of most American women, Jacqueline Kennedy kept her own bra firmly on, devoting herself instead to interior decoration and the replanting of the Rose Garden.

I can go on devoting myself to becoming an expert in such enduring occupations as folding laundry and frying up omelets — despite the fact that my nine-year-old son believes that even that task will disappear with the advent of 3-D food printers.

He resigned as director of the Society of Friends of Music in 1875, and from then on devoted his life almost solely to composition.

Spurred on in this way, at the age of 20 he abandoned his law studies and from then on devoted himself to writing.

From then on, he devoted his time to his foundation.

From then on, he devoted himself to Xinjiang's agriculture and education for the rest of his life.

He went on to devote his most productive years to opposing Macedon's expansion.