How to Use devoid of in a Sentence

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• People may assume that caves are devoid of life, but that’s simply not the case.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2024
• There are many cities and neighborhoods almost completely devoid of a movie theater for miles around.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2024
• The subject of the search, a man going by Robert Winters, is nowhere to be found, and his living arrangements appear oddly devoid of bombs or booby traps.
  — Hayden Mears, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2024
• The implication is that these organizations are devoid of agency and do not act in the interests of Georgian society but are mere puppets in the hands of donors.
  — Maxim Krupskiy, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2024
• And yet when the A’s leave at the end of the season, The Town will be devoid of a big-league team.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
• That’s not to say that the city will be devoid of A-listers.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
• The Salmon, widening, seemed almost devoid of fish, and the sky was eerily free of birds.
  — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• The product is down this year, devoid of great teams and short on must-see players.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• That’s not to say that De Sarno’s men’s designs are devoid of drama, of course.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2023
• From the air, the estuaries look like trees devoid of leaves.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• Evenings are dark, devoid of the incessant noises of warmer months, clear and cold.
  — Michael D'estries, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023
• Many of the controls are mounted on the roof, and the cabin is devoid of screens, although there is a head-up display.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 11 May 2023
• The conference is devoid of football blue bloods, which is both a weakness and a strength.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
• But this weirdly warm winter left the Great Lakes nearly devoid of ice.
  — Todd Richmond, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
• This book is free of mustache wax, devoid of vests and cucumbers.
  — Max Watman, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
• Their schedule is devoid of top teams the Rams have lost to, including the 49ers, Eagles, Cowboys and Ravens.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• Some will bemoan a tournament now devoid of blue bloods, but not me.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 24 Mar. 2023
• The lead-up to the actual runway show (set in the aforementioned high school) in this episode is devoid of drama.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 13 July 2023
• But Sunday night was devoid of that type of drama – and of many surprises.
  — Matt Meyer, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
• Like the steering, the brake pedal was not devoid of feel despite being a brake-by-wire system.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 May 2024
• The area is a no-man’s-land, devoid of any of the bodegas and fruit stands that make neighborhoods in New York feel like neighborhoods in New York.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Aug. 2023
• This is, in fact, an evil system, one founded on force and one that is devoid of any care and compassion on the part of anyone.
  — Jacob Hornberger, Orange County Register, 12 May 2024
• Now the black and white bears are about to leave the city devoid of giant pandas for the first time in 23 years — and probably for the foreseeable future.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• For the most part, this summer has been notable devoid of $100 million-plus openers.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2023
• This workhorse of the kitchen is so utterly devoid of glamor.
  — Treehugger Editors, Treehugger, 7 Sep. 2023
• The work in Sharpe’s office, like many of Walker’s famous prints and sculptures, is devoid of color.
  — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
• In a season devoid of many highlights for the Marlins (5-16) so far, the dramatic win was a clear relief.
  — Paul Johnson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
• Much like on Netflix or Apple Arcade, the games will all be free and devoid of in-app purchases.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2023
• Retailers have found a few ways around it, so people aren’t devoid of options on their rest day.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
• The Standard’s interior is sleek yet warm and devoid of riffraff.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 27 July 2023

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024