Example Sentences

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He is devoutly religious with a deep libertarian streak, an establishmentarian who distrusts most of today’s establishments, and a traditionalist who is skeptical of the world’s oldest currency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Agnes cares for her second daughter so devoutly that her worry can’t help but portend tragedy, and Zhao and O’Farrell’s foreshadowing is as subtle as a sword to the spleen.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

"God is the greatest, glory to God, Lord of worlds," echoed through mosques at roughly the same time Friday, one week after a ceasefire took place in the devoutly Muslim coastal Palestinian territory.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Chen, a devoutly religious teenager, had always felt different from other girls: She had, from a young age, felt a calling to be a nun.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

Has there ever been another art so devoutly converted into a science as the art of parenting?

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt