How to Use devoid in a Sentence

devoid

adjective

• 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
• All the caveats shouldn't be construed to mean the match was devoid of meaning, though.
  — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 29 Jan. 2020
• 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
• No scrum of fans chased the ball in the bleachers, which were devoid of Bleacher Creatures.
  — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2020
• The cannery docks were devoid of life in the afternoon heat.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2020
• 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
• In South Korea, baseball games are devoid of fans and players can’t spit on the field.
  — Su-Hyun Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2020
• The process leaves a permanent and raw scar, devoid of topsoil.
  — Madeline Ostrander, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022
• There are indoor ski centers around the globe, notably in Dubai, rich in sand, devoid of snow.
  — Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
• 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
• One panel room is equipped so when shades are closed a yellow light bathes the food and leaves it devoid of color.
  — cleveland, 16 May 2022
• That’s as sure of a thing as the Warriors were going to find in a draft devoid of a generational prospect.
  — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• Any notion that Ainge was a poor drafter is laughably devoid of context and truth.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2021
• The offense was devoid of a deep threat last season, when the Rams lost in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs.
  — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
• Both shows are devoid of heroes in the classical sense.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 29 Dec. 2021
• The show was host-less and largely devoid of the self-mockery common to the ceremony in past years.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2021
• 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
• 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: 10 Jan 2025