How to Use devoid in a Sentence

devoid

adjective

• No scrum of fans chased the ball in the bleachers, which were devoid of Bleacher Creatures.
  — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2020
• And please, not another throw-away press conference utterly devoid of game-changing action steps.
  — NBC News, 6 July 2020
• And warnings about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse will hardly be heard in areas devoid of opportunity and hope.
  — Lloyd B. Minor, Fortune, 8 July 2020
• The presentism that Hartog fleshed out in his writing is a cynical worldview devoid of vision.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 12 July 2020
• Islands southwest of Great Exuma felt the brunt of the storm surge and were devoid of lizards and vegetation.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 30 July 2020
• Miller emphasizes color-conscious casting, the idea that most roles aren’t by default white, but that brown bodies onstage aren’t devoid of meaning.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2020
• Because these power lines are mostly devoid of hardware in between poles, usually to prevent fires, there's room for a machine to travel along the length of it.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2020
• What really appealed to me the idea of our experience of that, at the time, was these photographs completely devoid of context.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022
• The recent protest was largely devoid of the standard safety measures that the government has enforced, with many refusing to wear masks or keep their distance.
  — Fox News, 2 Aug. 2020
• Within a mile-as-the-crow-flies from the dense urban perimeter, the valley below the home’s 1.7 acres is so devoid of homes that one owner is flying an airplane in there on a private road.
  — Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 24 July 2020
• Vila Autódromo, in contrast to many of the 1,000-plus favelas in Rio, was devoid of gangs and drug traffickers.
  — Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 6 July 2020
• The area was mostly devoid of large schools of tropical fish and other marine life that usually cruise the vibrant reef, and fish that typically eat algae were not grazing on the new seaweed, researchers said.
  — Author: Caleb Jones, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2020
• The stage is devoid of scenery, with the rear wall of the theater exposed.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2022
• The world isn’t full of empty space devoid of things to do.
  — Brittany Vincent, BGR, 26 Feb. 2022
• For the first time since 1963, the Rolling Stones will be devoid of their steady man behind the kit.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
• The 12th man isn't just some cutesy term devoid of meaning.
  — Star Tribune, 7 Sep. 2020
• The 2020 class is devoid of can’t-miss, top-end talent.
  — Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020
• The Denali, at least on the east side of the highway, is devoid of caribou.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022
• Dallas was devoid of a hammer in the middle of the field who could play the run top-down.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2020
• The Grand Canyon, a place that appears devoid of human life from the rim, has long brimmed with it.
  — Zachary Petit, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022
• Fret not, though, if your evening wardrobe is devoid of options in terms of bags.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 9 Jan. 2023
• The machine is also devoid of a quickshifter, which, these days, should be par for the course.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2022
• The court ruled that his complaints were devoid of merit.
  — Feliz Solomon, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
• The people make sounds, but the sounds are shapeless, devoid of meaning.
  — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
• In a season largely devoid of star tight ends, Waller has been one.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
• The surface of the lake, roused to a salt-and-pepper stipple by the rain, was devoid of sailboats or swimmers.
  — John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2021
• The process leaves a permanent and raw scar, devoid of topsoil.
  — Madeline Ostrander, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022
• Of course, too many places are currently devoid of play.
  — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
• Yet despite the ugly 7–17 record thus far, this isn't a team devoid of talent.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 5 Dec. 2022
• But the move reflects who Sinema is at her core: devoid of any scrutable ideology but profoundly cynical.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024