Sentence examples for was devoting from inspiring English sources
verb
To give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter.
- They devoted their lives to following Jesus Christ.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi was devoting significant individual attention to holdouts.
He said he prayed daily and was devoting his energy to charity work.
He said Angola was devoting billions of dollars to solving its substantial problems.
He suggested I was devoting far too much time to art and not enough to living.
The advisers said Mr. Bush was devoting much of his time planning for a new administration.
By 2011, the company was devoting about 20 percent of its revenue to marketing, about double the previous year.
Theo was devoting all his energy to getting a Strandbeest he called Animaris Gubernare up and moving.
Even as the need for skilled workers was increasing, India was devoting relatively fewer resources to producing them.
Mr. Stein recalled the time that Mr. Gottehrer told him he was devoting himself to digital music.
In the heat of the staff revolt, Kim was devoting attention to a very different crisis: Ebola.
Five years later he was devoting himself to Bach, offering expressively shaped and thoughtfully ornamented performances on a modern piano.
