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How to use devoutly in a sentence

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At the hour of death the Holy Masses you have heard devoutly will be your greatest consolation.
As a devoutly religious people, the Shakers provide another element of a usable past in their gender-inclusive image of God.
Throughout his life he held devoutly to the Presbyterianism in which he was raised.
Hardly surprisingly, Frederick knuckled under to his father's wishes, meanwhile biding his time and devoutly wishing for the old man's death.
For Gandhians, this is a spot of pilgrimage and they bow devoutly before the tree.
Lord Venkateshwara, Shiva and Parvati and Nandi are worshipped devoutly by the south Indian devotees.
When I was younger, despite I lacked all the ritualistic, religious stuff, I had still devoutly loved God.
The production of Canadian plays in London's West End and in other countries is not necessarily a consummation devoutly to be wished.
Living and working in Paris, the singer looks as though she devoutly avoids all forms of bad cholesterol.
They don't yearn for the radical transformation of bourgeois aspirations devoutly wished by stalwarts.
She had been devoutly loyal to her husband and had cared for her children greatly.
He was devoutly committed to principles of secularism, pluralism, liberty and republicanism.
She spoke Yiddish, made blintzes from scratch, and devoutly attended Friday night services every Shabbat.
Liberal Democrats believe devoutly in a pan-European state, which would ride roughshod over local culture and custom.
People living in political crisis zones manage to remain devoutly apolitical.
During the actual reconstruction, architect John Greenfield and master carpenter Peter McCurdy followed this resolution devoutly.
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.
They might be devoutly nationalistic but also ideologically monarchist.
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.
We could imagine adaptation of the psalter, which we have devoutly received from the Church, to exclude these psalms.
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In this hour of tribulation, France has turned devoutly and repentantly to religion.
After this the impious books of the heresiarch were brought together and devoutly burned in the presence of an immense crowd.
O Sato has prayed devoutly for three years, and yet Kwannon gives no sign of hearing her supplication.
He had said nothing and he was devoutly hopeful that he would have a chance to saw wood.
The four Englishmen passed the flat silver case from hand to hand, each pressing his lips devoutly upon it.
And Flora devoutly kissed her, then gossipped pleasantly about the other guests and the people in the neighborhood.
And the priest devoutly crossed himself, and turned and louted to the altar.
A decorated and titled son-in-law were a great honour devoutly to be wished.
Wogan held out the Pope's procuration to the Chevalier, who took it and devoutly kissed the signature.
Genius is a quasi abnormality, and one for which the world should be devoutly grateful.
That consummation devoutly to be wished, was to enrich them all.
Culture Minister TB Ekanayake said that police officers had contemptibly devalued traditional weddings in a devoutly Buddhist country.
For Arlt's sake, Thayer devoutly hoped that the supper would be a success.
I devoutly hoped that permission would be refused, but it was not.
Besides, to this day, the highly enlightened Turks devoutly believe in the historical story of Jonah.
I lay down flat in the bottom of that wretched skiff and devoutly recommended my spirit to its Maker.
How devoutly to be wished is the alleviation of his danger and distress!
I devoutly wished I might see his face when he read my letter.
The archers doffed caps at the sight of it, and the bailiff crossed himself devoutly as he handed it to the robber.
Let him be to thee for ever a sort of beautiful enemy, untamable, devoutly revered, and not a trivial conveniency to be soon outgrown and cast aside.
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