How to Use devout in a Sentence

devout

adjective
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  • It is his devout wish to help people in need.
  • After all, even the most devout minimalists have to carry some luggage.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Those devout believers might become disheartened once the company shifts into high gear on this.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Even the most devout of founders don’t have all the answers.
    — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But for a devout Catholic, the issue has not been an easy one for Biden to talk about.
    — Mike Memoli, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • It’s one thing to believe in God, to be prayerful, to be devout, to talk about that faith.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The father is a devout Catholic who refuses to fight for the Nazis.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
  • The devout fans then found out that the thief sold it to the owner of the Admiral Blake pub in London and went from there.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Moore, a devout Christian, has known Bowen for 25 years.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Bradley, who is straight, married and a devout Latter-day Saint, seems about to go in for a kiss.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The three brothers were raised by devout Catholic parents.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • With its house music vibe, the dance track marked the return the Bey Hive (as her devout fan base is known) was more than ready for.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 21 June 2022
  • Two justices recommended by Leo were devout Catholics and the third was raised in the faith.
    — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • By the point the church video was taken, in 2017, Mack was a devout member of Overcomer.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Cuevas was the eighth of nine children born to a devout Catholic couple in Jalisco and the second to pursue the priesthood.
    — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
  • Even a devout Barb like Lil Nas X seemed surprised — the camera caught him with a priceless look of shock on his face.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Ratzinger was born in Bavaria in 1927, was raised in a devout Catholic family, and wanted to be a cardinal from the age of five.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Of course, not everyone at the pub was a devout women’s soccer fan.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Aug. 2023
  • My wife, Elenor, was raised in a devout Latter-day Saint family, one in which three of the five children are gay.
    — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Just like the devout man, James ends up being the recipient of a nearly holy gift, on a hike.
    — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Leeza is a devout teen and the daughter of Crockett Island's mayor.
    — Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The Parkses are a devout couple and Kerry plays trombone in their church’s band.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The mogul Morgan made a ton of money and was a committed, devout Christian.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The group laughed while sharing stories of Held Evans’s devout childhood.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Razia, her family, and most of her friends are devout Muslims.
    — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2023
  • That didn't give much time to get an outfit ready for devout poetry fans like Sanne Wit.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
  • Both men were raised in devout Irish Catholic families.
    — Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Kesling, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Lee, as devout hoops fans now know, has been a ubiquitous courtside 13th man at Knicks games.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Lupus also took the life of her beloved father and led to O’Connor using crutches for much of her devout Catholic life.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Raised by his maternal grandparents as a devout Catholic, and was sent to an all-black Catholic school run by nuns.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 13 June 2021

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