devote
verb (used with object)
to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc..
am devoting
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present progressiveof devote (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am devoting more time to the birdbrains in my comic strip Shoe.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am devoting my life to it; that’s why my family take me a little—flippantly.”
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
I am devoting a special chapter to the outfit for travellers, and will therefore deal in this chapter with the route only.
From Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest by Joseph Francis Ladue
I persuaded him to put away the papers, and am devoting myself to cheering him up.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Robert Smythe Hichens
Here I am devoting myself to you; and you think of nothing but your ridiculous presentiment.
From Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw
