How to Use devout in a Sentence

devout

adjective
  • It is his devout wish to help people in need.
  • And hey, even the most devout among us can't argue with that.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The devout crowd — is there any other kind of Rush fan?
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • The deeply devout mother who believed in peace lost two sons to war.
    Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 28 May 2018
  • Through it all, he was sustained by his devout Catholic faith.
    Jason Mast, STAT, 9 July 2026
  • Manny, a devout Catholic, cursed at the priest and told him to leave.
    Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 17 July 2019
  • But that, at least in part, is what gives her crush such a devout and visionary tenor.
    Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Were you all considered kind of weird for being so devout?
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The display of devout gun worship caused local schools to close.
    Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Pelosi, a devout Catholic, appealed to Pence's sense of faith.
    Andrew Taylor, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2019
  • She was described as a happy, devout child who loved reading.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • He's won 41 times so far this year and rebuilt a devout fanbase along the way.
    Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • But for a devout Catholic, the issue has not been an easy one for Biden to talk about.
    Mike Memoli, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The followers of the Olsens are some of the most devout people in the world.
    Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Well, my mom is devout New Orleans Catholic.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The teens were also devout Christians and very active in their church.
    Alexandra Lo Re, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Veneranda was a devout Christian and had always turned to church in painful times.
    Margaret Redmond Whitehead, Good Housekeeping, 15 Sep. 2017
  • More than that, Dooley was a devout soul, always at chapel, never the bar.
    Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2020
  • Pack, like the rest of his family, is a devout Christian.
    Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • For the devout Catholic Kennedys, this was a non-negotiable.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The 57-year-old was raised Roman Catholic and is known for her devout faith.
    Eileen Reslen, Country Living, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Pilecki was a patriot and a devout Catholic and his faith helped sustain him in the camp.
    Elliot Ackerman, Time, 26 July 2019
  • The father is a devout Catholic who refuses to fight for the Nazis.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
  • As a devout Roman Catholic, she is seen as toxic to some Democrats.
    Doug McKelway, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2018
  • Bradley, who is straight, married and a devout Latter-day Saint, seems about to go in for a kiss.
    Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Would the devout Christian emerge a champion against the moral evil of Nazism?
    Doris Bergen, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
  • There are other surprises in store for even the most devout Frankenthaler fans.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 7 May 2026
  • Julian is both old and a devout rebel, with a lifetime’s worth of wisdom, wit and burned bridges in his arsenal.
    Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • No one mistakes him for a devout Christian or a person of faith or morality.
    Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The siblings believed that their mother, a devout Christian, felt them, too.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026

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