How to Use devote to in a Sentence

devote to

phrasal verb

• While a lot of the pre-release buzz on the movie has been devoted to the cameos, Reynolds dropped an even bigger bombshell about his first plan for the film.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 25 July 2024
• Establishing a solid budget can take months of tweaking the best ways to allocate money, as well as the right amount to devote to each category.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
• One episode is devoted to giving Bell the space to share his story.
  — Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 1 May 2024
• The left side of the store is devoted to comics galore while the right is taken up by a vast array of collectibles, video games, movies and more.
  — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 16 July 2023
• There will also be seating, along with a small area devoted to the history of the pier, the Midway and San Diego Bay.
  — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
• The first day of the trial will be mainly devoted to opening statements.
  — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
• Carrie hasn’t had the time to devote to a relationship with you because of her schooling and her job.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 18 July 2023
• Like the fact that, since the platform’s founding, the share of all sports coverage devoted to women’s sports has increased from 4% to 16%.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• Of that total, at least $250 million will be devoted to Inside Safe.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
• His whole offseason was devoted to making his mind and body stronger.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• Anyway, this is a presidential election year and your paper doesn’t seem to have the space to devote to something called Project 2025.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
• The early weeks in the writers’ room were devoted to developing the rules of this new food society.
  — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 12 July 2024
• The Seaquarium opened in 1955 overlooking Biscayne Bay and was among the first theme parks devoted to marine life.
  — Freida Frisaro, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
• Speaking of food, there is a chapter devoted to bananas, which for many anglers, including Smith, are bad luck on a boat.
  — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• And there is Flour + Water, the Mission district restaurant devoted to perfecting the art of fresh pasta.
  — Sunset Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
• But there’s also a whole scene devoted to what goes through a canine mind when fireworks are going off that’s simply brilliant.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• The drink menu includes whole sections devoted to both Martinis and sparkling cocktails.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 June 2024
• Image: Ford At first glance, the total acreage devoted to screens inside the Nautilus is a little overwhelming.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2024
• In bad water years, land devoted to seasonal crops can go dormant.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
• Gudetama Cafe, devoted to Sanrio’s lazy egg, is open in Buena Park.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
• He was sent to Libertad, one of the country’s largest prisons, and placed in a section devoted to drug trafficking and organized crime.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
• A great deal of research has been devoted to creating maps that try to predict where landslides will most likely happen.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Sep. 2023
• So the attention the Biden campaign is devoting to a reliably blue state might appear to run counter to the need to hit competitive states that will be crucial in the 2024 election.
  — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
• But the biggest problem with Climate Week is the time frame: A week is too short to devote to the most important challenge facing human civilization.
  — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2023
• Students want to know which other campus projects savings on the student union/recreation center would be devoted to should it be downsized.
  — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
• Billed as the largest space devoted to the draft in its 88-year history, the 3.1 million-square-foot event space in Kansas City stretched all the way from the historic train station to the south entrance road to Liberty Memorial.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024
• There was no damage to the couple’s showstopping, second-floor trophy room, with one wall devoted to taxidermy mounts from an African safari, a zebra skin draped over the couch.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
• Networks were already cutting back on the percentage of their lineups devoted to comedies and dramas, and the strike promises to further tip the scales against scripted.
  — Vulture, 20 July 2023
• The bite-sized, 15-minute episodes introduced Poké-fans to the Pokémon Resort, a tropical island devoted to rest and relaxation.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
• But a large portion of the ink spilled on this trend has been devoted to rebutting concerns that the recent AI enthusiasm is overblown or premature.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024