Example Sentences

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“Our country is winning again,” Trump said, devoting nearly six minutes of his speech to the team’s victory.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

“As long as acting continues to open up paths for me to get to know myself, I will keep devoting myself to it,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

According to biographer William J. Simmons, Woods was uninterested in saloons, instead devoting himself to studying an emerging technology—electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

"The resources Meta is devoting to blocking these ads would be better spent improving user safety through functional tools to reduce problematic use and to detect and remove users under age 13," she added.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Burt was right when he praised Nemur and Strauss for devoting themselves to something important and uncertain rather than to something insignificant and safe.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes