devote oneself
Example Sentences
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Is that too young to devote oneself to elite sport, and the mental and physical strains that come with it, asks Kristen Doerer.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2019
To devote oneself to Flappy Bird is to know the abject futility of Sisyphus.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2014
It may be ludicrous and vexatious to devote oneself exclusively and unreservedly to this or that, any observation, any favorite object.
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by J. Sadger
It is far easier to indulge in broad generalizations than to devote oneself to a close study of nature or man.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Emile Cammaerts
Likewise in the Christian contest it is necessary, and in an even higher degree, to renounce everything and to devote oneself only to the contest.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker
