She told him her question was, had she talent enough to make it worth while to devote herself to music as a serious thing, as a life-work?
What woman's liberation from intellectual bondage and her freedom to devote herself to scientific pursuits mean for the future of humanity it is difficult at present adequately to forecast.
For a woman to devote herself to the study of science so soon after the appearance of Moliere's Les Femmes Savantes argued more than ordinary courage.
With much tact and elegance of expression, but with emotion which made her breast heave, she extolled the good fortune which allowed her to devote herself to a noble man, and to have a friend who thoroughly understood her.
And this passionate woman who could not endure to devote herself to the best of men, what was to become of her?
Young, spirituelle, very much sought after and the idol of brilliant companions, at the age of twenty-six she abandoned the world to devote herself to God.
It is, therefore, the more to her credit that she turned from this gay and brilliant life in order to devote herself to the work of education and civilisation among the poor people of Cheddar and the Mendips.
All through this time of the production of Wordsworth’s best work, Dorothy continued to devote herself to him by the cheerful performance of the double duties of domestic drudge and literary companion and critic.
For instance, she frequently remains unmarried in order to be able to devote herself to his pursuits and further his interests.
Her early ambition was to paint large pictures, but Delacroix persuaded her to devote herself to miniature painting, in which art she has been called "the best in the world.
However, this affair brought the name of the artist to the knowledge of the public, and she determined to devote herself to the painting of flowers and fruit, in which she has won unusual fame.
The interior attraction which sweetly but irresistibly urged her to devote herself all to God,--this it was which determined her to embrace a life of entire seclusion in the world, as soon as her affairs should be arranged.
Knowing that well-ordered charity begins at home, she took care never todevote herself so entirely to the salvation of others, as to neglect her own soul.
She was to employ nearly as much time in the functions of Mary as if belonging to the contemplative orders, and to devote herself besides to the instruction of the ignorant, and first, and before all, to the education of the young.
And this was a little hard upon her satirist, for, to tell the truth, that was a particular of domestic duty to which Mrs Woodburn did not much devote herself, according to the opinion of Grange Lane.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "devote herself" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
