devotion
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My devotion crystallized right there, and it never left.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
He didn’t care about Steven’s devotion to learning the cello.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
In intimate letters, Harp has explained her devotion to the 80-year-old president.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Rickards and others spoke of Parton's unifying spirit, her devotion to mountainous, working-class East Tennessee, and how the singer-songwriter's presence bathed the region in a sort of country glamor.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
His arms had always been strong from his youthful devotion to boxing and swimming and were now further maintained by the effort required to move around by cane.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The pair singing along to Prine and DeMent’s “In Spite of Ourselves,” with its wincingly funny lovers trading jabs and devotions, is one moment of levity and self-awareness breaking through the desperation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
Local Christians also stand out as they join the devotions, with Palestinian and Armenian scout groups leading religious processions.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2023
Every morning, between checking the levels of his oxygen tanks and cooking breakfast, he reads devotions with his wife.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
Ministers offered devotions and the wail of bagpipes echoed in the arena.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2022
I tell her about Mom’s devotions, about the summer of coconuts and how we’d spoken in green.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing devotion
Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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100 Great Words from "Fahrenheit 451" -- Part I Vocabulary
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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