devote oneself
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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
I'm sorry about that son of mine, because I should have liked to prove that it is possible to devote oneself utterly to a son without spoiling him.
From The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie
The chief thing is to be able to devote oneself.'
From Fathers and Children by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Like a calf sucking all the four teats of its dam's udders, one should devote oneself to the practice of all these virtues.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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