devoted friend
Example Sentences
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To a devoted friend, such as Edward FitzGerald, the translator of the “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám,” who supported him for years, Tennyson could be rude, cold and ungrateful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
“Rick was a loving husband, father and grandfather and was a devoted friend to many, who will be greatly missed,” the agency’s statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025
“Judge Larry Hicks was a deeply admired lawyer and judge, a devoted friend, mentor, and a committed servant to the administration of justice,” the family said.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
His devoted friend George Eliot concurred with the verdict of another close friend, Lord Bryce, that his “was perhaps the most original mind of his generation.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2019
Before he received the czar’s telegram, the kaiser had sent the czar a telegram of his own, signed “Your very sincere and devoted friend and cousin, Willy.”
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
