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 looks well not to live together," to grant each other every species of tolerance, and to devote oneself to society.
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
But it is generally of little avail to form the definite resolution to devote oneself to the investigation of this or that problem.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
One could be smart, devote oneself to study—be a "greasy grind"—and yet fail of prominence; and one could fail to pass—"flunk"—and yet climb to the pinnacle of prominence.
From Missy by Gatlin, Dana
