Sentence examples for opted to devote from inspiring English sources

Plenty of titans who are not as old and not as rich as Icahn have opted to devote their remaining years to spending their money, or to giving it away.

In October 1865, Joaquim Inácio was sent to the north of Brazil, charged with recruiting volunteers, but soon resigned that commission and opted to devote his time to the Holy House of Mercy.

For now, he noted, many in those ranks have opted not to devote a lot of money to technology that could limit emissions of climate-changing gases.

Why had a deity created a vast universe, placed his flock on a tiny rock circling one of trillions of stars, hidden himself from view, and determined that those who opted not to devote themselves to him faced an eternity of damnation?

Antony Beevor has opted to write a military narrative and to devote about two thirds of his space to the eastern front and to grand strategy.

Most Turks opted to stay.

Washington opted to ignore it.

He opted to go to Naples.

Twelve years after beginning her career as an extremely successful trial attorney, Malia made the difficult decision to "opt out" of her career to devote herself to raising her three children and ensuring the success of her marriage.

However, in 1998 Wittenberg opted for a career change, as she wanted to devote time to start a family.

To a man, they opt to stay.