How To Use Devoutly In A Sentence

  • But also most importantly she was struck by how he had embraced devoutly the Islamic faith.
  • So he devoutly wished that whomever his son was lucky or foolish enough to fall in love with would have plenty of money. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
  • Here you'll see people who thrashed their backs, shredding into tender flesh and sketching blood. 85% of the population here in the Philippines are Roman Catholic, which is why the Easter and Lenten season is devoutly observed. Easter in the Philippines
  • There was a priest of a parish, which was of honest and good life, and could say no mass but mass of our Lady, the which he sang devoutly in the honour of her, wherefore he was accused tofore the bishop, and was anon called tofore him. The Golden Legend, vol. 5
  • I yet live," says the Lord, "ready to help you and to console you more and more, if you trust in Me and call devoutly upon Me. The Imitation of Christ
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  • They don't yearn for the radical transformation of bourgeois aspirations devoutly wished by stalwarts.
  • She spoke Yiddish, made blintzes from scratch, and devoutly attended Friday night services every Shabbat.
  • Overcome by drink, asleep in the snow, they silently, but vigorously seized hold of him with an iron grip; a cahot and physical pain having restored him to consciousness, he devoutly crossed himself, and, presto! was hurled into another snow-drift. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present
  • He devoutly hoped that they would reach a peaceful agreement.
  • When, over the years, I've causally discussed "religion" with devoutly religious people, they've seemed to seamlessly accept my use of the word "spiritual" -- though, whether they've instantly replaced their own terms when I say "spirit" they think "Jesus" I don't know for sure. Loren-Paul Caplin: Religious vs. Spiritual: Semantics Or Neurotics?
  • When I was younger, despite I lacked all the ritualistic, religious stuff, I had still devoutly loved God.
  • She spoke Yiddish, made blintzes from scratch, and devoutly attended Friday night services every Shabbat.
  • For Gandhians, this is a spot of pilgrimage and they bow devoutly before the tree.
  • Three of them, a Catholic, an evangelical Christian, and an Orthodox Jew, were devoutly pro-life.
  • This was not a boast, but a hope, at once bold and devoutly humble.
  • ‘We inscribe them in the book of the saints, and establish that in all the church they be devoutly honoured among the saints,’ the Pope said in Spanish.
  • People living in political crisis zones manage to remain devoutly apolitical.
  • She spoke Yiddish, made blintzes from scratch, and devoutly attended Friday night services every Shabbat.
  • I am very fond of second courses, and devoutly believe that the whole gallinaceous family was made to enrich our larders and to deck our tables. The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.
  • What kind of felicity God hath ordained to them that devoutly honour Him a man shall no sooner know than enjoy, being joys that now are as incomprehensible as the word of schoolmen ‘beatifical vision’ is unintelligible. Chapter VI. Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, Commonly Called the Passions; and the Speeches by Which They Are Expressed
  • Report Abuse the idea that islam is a valid religion is a filthy abomination. islam is a gang of terrorists who " devoutly" believe in the everyday murdering of men, women & children. islam is a gathering of mentally-disturbed misfits who seek to kill all who disagree with their filthy, mentally-unstable rhetoric. the so-called "moderates" don't exist. they're never there to denounce the blood Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • Both intermarriage and defection from family religious tradition are lower among ethnic minorities, as well as among the most devoutly religious families. American Grace
  • My friend M said that the term "spirituality" really pisses off devoutly religious folks. Loren-Paul Caplin: Religious vs. Spiritual: Semantics Or Neurotics?
  • The prospect of being included in possible violence, combined with the politics of destruction, was a consummation devoutly to be wished. THE ENDLESS GAME
  • Cazaril trusted devoutly that the Daughter of Spring had gone away satisfied with her avatar 's action. THE CURSE OF CHALION
  • Save those jersey pockets for the chillum and the energy gel you so devoutly endorse. BSNYC Ride Report: Slippery When Hairy
  • An _alphabetical_ arrangement, be the books of whatever kind they may, will in general obviate the inconvenience felt from such an undigested plan; and it were "devoutly to be wished," by all true bibliographers, that an act of parliament should pass for the due observance of this alphabetical order. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
  • The problem belongs to the science of statistics, and it is a most difficult affair for anyone whose mathematics is primitive, and mine remain azoic in spite of the half dozen manuals which I once devoutly imagined that I understood. Public Opinion
  • She was a devoutly Catholic.
  • She was a woman of absurd contradictions, such as devoutly never missing mass or playing a game of poker on a Sunday, Quazen
  • The staff was meticulously made, a devoutly curved and twisted wrap of gold entangling the base silver of it, with a single blood-red gem shaped like an orb tipping it.
  • He devoutly hoped that they would reach a peaceful agreement.
  • And then she repented her and came to the church of the friars, and confessed her sins and avowed that from that forthon she would never missay to the servant of God, Dominic, but should devoutly hold his feast, and anon she was made whole. The Golden Legend, vol. 4
  • You'll understand once you find yourself hunched over the liner notes, devoutly mumbling the lyrics to yourself and bobbing your head to the bursts of pseudo-Russian choruses.
  • I beseech Thee by Thy Name, through which Thou hast enabled them that have recognized Thee to soar to the sublimest heights of the knowledge of Thee and empowered such as devoutly worship Thee to ascend into the precincts of the court of Thy holy favors, to aid me to turn my face towards Thy face, to fix mine eyes upon Thee, and to speak of Thy glory. Prayers and Meditations
  • I yet live, saith the Lord, ready to help thee, and to give thee more than wonted consolation if thou put thy trust in Me, and call devoutly upon Me. LVII. Book III: On Inward Consolation. That a Man must not be too much Cast Down when he falleth into some Fault
  • Alexander Pope was satirically dismissive in a memorable couplet: 'On painted ceilings you devoutly stare/ Where sprawl the saints of Verrio and Laguerre.'
  • I gave them the impression that I had been doing drugs, even though I was devoutly straight-edge, and so were my friends. Twenty-three-year-olds Shouldn't Be Writing Memoirs (Ch 2)
  • Perhaps -- he hoped so devoutly at that moment -- he gave too much credence to Aubrey's efficiency. THE LAST RAVEN
  • Nothing would have pleased the old man better than a rough-and-tumble campaign against the Satpuras, whom he, as an "unmixed" Bhil, despised; but he had a duty to all his nation as Jan Chinn's interpreter; and he devoutly believed that forty plagues would fall on his village if he tampered with that obligation. The Day's Work - Volume 1
  • Despite becoming devoutly religious, he was arrested for shoplifting during 2004.
  • She had been devoutly loyal to her husband and had cared for her children greatly.
  • January 11th, 2006 at 9: 53 am tip says: allemande rosary wintered susceptible devoutly canners Think Progress » EU wants answers on secret prisons.
  • It was the sixties and you devoutly listened to the music.
  • I had no basis for saying the last, save that I hoped it so devoutly. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
  • Living and working in Paris, the singer looks as though she devoutly avoids all forms of bad cholesterol.
  • He must have," I answered devoutly, meaning what I said. Phyllis
  • And that ye may serve God devoutly in saying effectually your customable prayers. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
  • Here he took a small golden reliquary, which was suspended from his neck next to his shirt by a chain of the same metal, and having kissed it devoutly, continued — “Never was false oath sworn on this most sacred relique, but it was avenged within the year.” Quentin Durward
  • The production of Canadian plays in London's West End and in other countries is not necessarily a consummation devoutly to be wished.
  • Christians who insist that the Bible is infallible (so long as they remain devoutly ignorant of the Bible's errors). Sound Politics: Global Warming Update
  • Who was she, the old witch, for so he mentally termed the inoffensive woman devoutly conning her prayer book, unconscious of the wrath her presence was exciting in the bosom of the young man beside her! Bad Hugh
  • The movie also sketches in the five-year-long, globe-girdling voyage during which he collected the compendious data for his book, along with much peripheral information about his health (wretched), his relationship with his devoutly religious wife (strained) and his apparently never-ending connection to his dead 10-year-old daughter (feverish). Kurt Loder Reviews ‘Creation’ » MTV Movies Blog
  • Throughout his life he held devoutly to the Presbyterianism in which he was raised.
  • People in Shang Dynasty frequently prayed for rain and blessing , and sacrifice the mountain devoutly.
  • Ever before the celebration of his mass, ere he revested him, he kneeled down before the altar, and devoutly made his prayer, weeping and piteously sighing, and oft-times as he celebrated his mass plenty of tears fell from his eyes along his face. The Golden Legend, vol. 7
  • At the hour of death the Holy Masses you have heard devoutly will be your greatest consolation.
  • The dying old man cast up his eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly.
  • He was devoutly committed to principles of secularism, pluralism, liberty and republicanism (the governmental structure, not the party).
  • What kind of felicity God hath ordained to them that devoutly honour him, a man shall no sooner know than enjoy; being joys that now are as incomprehensible as the word of Schoolmen, beatifical vision, is unintelligible. Leviathan
  • Lord Venkateshwara, Shiva and Parvati and Nandi are worshipped devoutly by the south Indian devotees.
  • As a devoutly religious people, the Shakers provide another element of a usable past in their gender-inclusive image of God.
  • In historical fact, Black Elk spent his adult life as a devoutly Catholic evangelist and catechist among the Lakota Sioux Indians.
  • she was devoutly Catholic
  • Can you imagine that a devout selectionist Darwinian advocate like Huxley managed somehow to undermine everything he still devoutly believed in a single paragraph devastating to the Darwinian model? On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • I live in the secular, democratic United States, where many religions are practiced, and I also devoutly follow Islam.
  • People in Shang Dynasty frequently prayed for rain and blessing , and sacrifice the mountain devoutly.
  • Presently there comes up an old cantonnier in a blouse and heavy sabots, who has just returned from mending the roads; he takes off his cap, crosses himself devoutly, and kneels down to pray. Normandy Picturesque
  • My sister has become devoutly Orthodox Jewish.
  • Despite becoming devoutly religious, he was arrested for shoplifting during 2004.
  • “I wouldn’t wish, for my part, ” replied Mrs Sullivan, “to have anything to do wid it—neither act nor part”; and she crossed herself devoutly, on contemplating such an unholy alliance as that at which her companion hinted. The Lianhan Shee
  • He devoutly believed in fairies, whom he called pixies; and held that they changed babies, and made the mushroom rings on the downs to dance in. Westward Ho!
  • In high school, there was a series of talks on various social issues given to us by devoutly catholic speakers.
  • They might be devoutly nationalistic but also ideologically monarchist.
  • Everyone who knows Brown concurs in one thing - that his formative influence was his background, and in particular his late father John, a devoutly religious man and a minister in the Church of Scotland.
  • During the actual reconstruction, architect John Greenfield and master carpenter Peter McCurdy followed this resolution devoutly.
  • The south is more agrarian and devoutly Islamic.

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