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27 example sentences for DEVOUT, such as:
1. He was deeply, even slavishly, devout.
2. The devout hope is that he is doing well.
3. After more enquiries, a devout soccer fan gave me a selection to read.
4. Though Glenn was devout, he was no zealot, he never tried to force his beliefs on his friends.
5. Mrs. Hatch's MILIEU was one which he had once assiduously frequented, and now as devoutly shunned.
2. The devout hope is that he is doing well.
3. After more enquiries, a devout soccer fan gave me a selection to read.
4. Though Glenn was devout, he was no zealot, he never tried to force his beliefs on his friends.
5. Mrs. Hatch's MILIEU was one which he had once assiduously frequented, and now as devoutly shunned.
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Meanings and Examples of DEVOUT
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devout
a. expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1 As devout Eckerman lifted the linen sheet from the naked corpse of Goethe, he was overwhelmed with the massive chest of the man, that seemed as a Roman triumphal arch.
2 As Ptolemy Philopater testified of the African elephant, I then testified of the whale, pronouncing him the most devout of all beings.
3 He was deeply, even slavishly, devout.
4 Cassy yielded at once, and with her whole soul, to every good influence, and became a devout and tender Christian.
5 She often repeated her prayers; not at particular times, but, like the unaffectedly devout, when she desired to pray.
6 The devout hope is that he is doing well.
7 "The Russians are very devout," replied Balashev.
8 By Agrafena Ivanovna's advice Natasha prepared herself not in their own parish, but at a church where, according to the devout Agrafena Ivanovna, the priest was a man of very severe and lofty life.
9 I've got them all, thank God, and am the happiest woman in the world, and Meg laid her hand on her tall boy's head, with a face full of tender and devout content.
10 He was Des Roches le Masle, canon of Notre Dame, who had formerly been valet of a bishop, who introduced him to his Eminence as a perfectly devout man.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 16 IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL
Context Highlight In 16 IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL
11 She knew she should believe devoutly, as they did, that a born lady remained a lady, even if reduced to poverty, but she could not make herself believe it now.
12 Only Melanie and Carreen realized that a devoutly Catholic Irishman was being laid to rest by the Church of England's service.
13 When she gets back from Tara she will start again hammer and tongs with the store and those mills which I wish devoutly would explode some night.
14 Mrs. Hatch's MILIEU was one which he had once assiduously frequented, and now as devoutly shunned.
15 Besides, to this day, the highly enlightened Turks devoutly believe in the historical story of Jonah.
Example Sentence:
1 Where he is described as a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave charity to the people, and prayed continually to God.
2 The challenge for church people today is how to be pious in the best sense, that is, to be devout without becoming hypocritical.
3 Though Glenn was devout, he was no zealot, he never tried to force his beliefs on his friends.
4 After more enquiries, a devout soccer fan gave me a selection to read.