How to Use devotee in a Sentence

devotee

noun
  • The nightclub is popular among jazz devotees.
  • But in the meantime, here are 18 shows and movies that any devotee of The Crown will love.
    Tamara Fuentes, Town & Country, 16 Sep. 2022
  • So, too, Mr. Lai, a devotee to truth who may die in prison.
    WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, the duo have long been devotees to their famous cousin.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • One of the guests, a helpless vinyl devotee, pulled the Beatles’ 45 from the sleeve.
    Tom Junod, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • My husband is a devotee of the former, I of the latter.
    Longreads, 29 Dec. 2022
  • On the other was Sonny, 53, son of Spike and devotee of the Pirate.
    Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In any case, devotees said the movie failed to capture the series’s soul and butchered the sprawling story.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Is there a holy war between oval and square devotees and this was the compromise?
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The famed McDonald’s devotee is not bored—at least yet.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 5 Apr. 2023
  • During the show, devotees hand gifts to the musicians and shout requests for deep cuts.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • Nordstrom devotees know summer is the best time of the year to score deep discounts at the department store.
    Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Monks from the 900-year-old Carthusian order in the French Alps have cocktail devotees shaken and stirred.
    Inti Pacheco, wsj.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In the years after the show’s failure to launch, George Furth’s book got revised, and Sondheim devotees took up its cause.
    Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The low retail price may be a deterrent for some long-time skin care devotees.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The scene is everything the mother of a 4-year-old Jeffers devotee could imagine, and then some.
    Eliza Berman, Time, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The most extreme devotees made their way there in the form of penance—by walking, cycling, and chanting for thousands of miles.
    TIME, 24 Jan. 2024
  • One of Ava’s main social outlets is a group of true crime podcast devotees.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • Past creations include a stack of gifts in the shape of Curious George for an adult devotee of the cartoon monkey.
    Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Yet the event’s full story might surprise even its biggest devotees.
    Jenna Adrian-Diaz, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Many fans of one sport love the other, and each leaves enough time in the day for even the most passionate devotee to immerse himself or herself in both.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • This Santa Ana home draws hundreds of Virgen de Guadalupe devotees each year.
    George Levines, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Indeed, the power of Kabir’s poetry lies in his broad reach, say experts and devotees.
    Kalpana Jain, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The Sephora Savings Event is the beauty giant's way of saying thank you to its loyal devotees.
    Nerisha Penrose, elle.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The rules guiding the hundreds of cult devotees were both liberating and stringent.
    Hannah E. Meyers, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023
  • For many winter-recreation devotees, these sports are more than just activities to pass the time.
    Talia Barrington, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2024
  • By now, of course, many of his Church Choir devotees consider that song a self-fulfilling prophecy.
    Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • His work loomed large, with comedy stars such as Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert among his devotees.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023
  • With just six rooms and a 12-week ski window, Eagle’s Nest has its devotees frothing for reservations.
    Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
  • But where Mitchell sees himself as a devotee to the rule of law, his opponents detect an extremist.
    Dallas News, 3 July 2022

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