(a.) Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.
Example Sentences:
(1) The issue of the Schizophrenia Bulletin is devoted to articles representing this full range of conceptual and empirical work on first-episode psychosis.
(2) The decision of the editors to solicit a review for the Medical Progress series of this journal devoted to current concepts of the renal handling of salt and water is sound in that this important topic in kidney physiology has recently been the object of a number of new, exciting and, in some instances, quite unexpected insights into the mechanisms governing sodium excretion.
(3) Thus, there is still a need for improvement, particularly future research devoted to better understanding of the electrophysiological mechanisms responsible for arrhythmias, electrosurgical and medical arrhythmia therapy, and right and left ventricular mechanics after repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
(4) But none of those calling on Obama to act carries the moral authority of Gore, who has devoted his post-political career to building a climate movement.
(5) Likewise, Merkel's Germany seems to be replicating the same erroneous policy as that of 1930, when a devotion to fiscal orthodoxy plunged the Weimar Republic into mass discontent that fuelled the flames of National Socialism.
(6) Still, there are some aspects of Palin’s channel to recommend it to the devoted movement conservative that isn’t necessarily already a fan of hers – especially its obviating the need to resort to Palinology.
(7) However, as already noted by Albert (1979) this is questionable, as average disease duration and survival have increased in a linear fashion related to the number of publications devoted to this subject from 1950 on.
(8) A section of the paper is devoted to the less common use of Indoklon.
(9) In contrast, corporate support was positively correlated with the number of hours of total work per week, but negatively correlated with the amount of time currently devoted to research.
(10) This explains why this symposium is devoted to NSAIDs and elderly.
(11) I write as someone who has devoted my professional life mainly to other 19th novelists than Dickens.
(12) I came from a strong family and my parents had a devoted marriage, but I experienced the toll breast cancer took on their relationship and their children.
(13) They envisage cuts in farm support payments of more than €150,000 a year, with a cap set at €300,000, in order to devote more subsidy to smaller, family-run farms and ensure a fairer distribution of funds.
(14) During the course of the daily practice of forensic pathology, little or no attention is generally devoted to the tongue (if it is even removed at all during the autopsy examination) except in a handful of relatively well-defined situations.
(15) She devotes countless hours every week to meeting with her lawyer and officials from Russia's Investigative Committee, which raided her flat in early June.
(16) The present research is devoted to the study of the effect of coupling force on bone conduction threshold determination.
(17) 3) Possible mechanisms of directed fibre growth are being elucidated by increasing efforts in research devoted to cell surface molecules, neurotrophic, and inhibitory substances, and their receptors.
(18) The first is devoted to an explanation of a number of notions stemming from work by Ilya Prigogine and others on open systems far from equilibrium.
(19) That's in 1888; by 1890 the tone is of comic resignation (there is much comedy in these pages) as Edmond realises that he has devoted the whole of his life "to a special sort of literature: the sort that brings one trouble".
(20) This introductory overview highlights the issues that are addressed in this Clinics devoted to non-small cell lung cancer.
Fireside
Definition:
(n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Example Sentences:
(1) Walker also made a direct appeal on television to the public with what was billed as a fireside chat tonight.
(2) These service users have complex health needs and chaotic lifestyles and so SIFA Fireside has adopted a one-stop shop approach where people can come to their centre and see a range of professionals such as a nurse, dentist, housing and benefits adviser, mental health and alcohol abuse worker, or get an onward referral to other services.
(3) Though devoted to his family, he was not endowed for a gentle harmonious life by the fireside.
(4) In addition, a mini-course and two evening 'fireside' panel discussions were entirely devoted to discussions on the newer nuclear imaging techniques underlining the relative importance of scintigraphy in investigative cardiology.
(5) During the dinner, an intimate “fireside chat” at the Manhattan apartment of hoteliers Mati Weiderpass and Ian Reisner earlier this week, Cruz said if one of his daughters was gay, he would still love her “with all our hearts”, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
(6) Faced with the evident unpopularity of this move, Havel explained himself simply enough to the nation in another of his Masarykian fireside talks.
(7) When Havel re-established Masaryk's radio fireside chats with the nation in his weekly Conversations at Lány (the presidential country residence), Klaus quickly arranging a slot for his views of how things were in weekly interviews in the newspaper Lidové Noviny.
(8) From there I camped along New Zealand's coast, starting at Cape Reinga, went on to sleep out on beaches in Fiji and Tahiti, bedded down on ledges in America's national parks, slept by the fireside, Bedouin-style, in Wadi Rum and under a lavvu – a traditional Sami tent, a bit like a wigwam – in Finland in -40C.
(9) Over a fireside pint at the cosy Rugglestone Inn , in Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Alex tells me of plans to close the prison and turn it into a whisky distillery.
(10) Tensions broke into the open at the parliamentary meeting on Monday evening, as Thornberry gave an update on the review and promised a series of “fireside chats” to listen to the views of colleagues.
(11) On the evening of 6 October 1998, Matthew went to the Fireside bar, a local hangout that was purportedly gay-friendly.
(12) Within months a new religion had emerged – spiritualism – a mixture of liberal, nonconformist values and fireside chats with dead people.
(13) The tools for fireside cooking are practical and hard-wearing; they should last a lifetime.
(14) Guests will stay in a “cosy” cottage on the site and enjoy a “delicious dinner” before spending the evening relaxing by the fireside.
(15) Ted Cruz defends marriage stance after 'fireside chat' with gay hoteliers Read more “He’s a lousy president because he is a radical ideologue and a zealot and the ideas he believes have been profoundly dangerous to the United States and to the world.” While the audience seemed to inclined to back more establishment candidates such as Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Marco Rubio, Cruz was clearly trying to establish himself as a viable contender and woo attendees who might be more skeptical about his electability than his ideology.
(16) Speaking to the nation - in a YouTube version of Roosevelt's fireside chats on radio - Obama told Americans that the nation faced disaster on an almost unprecedented scale.
(17) In the end though the fireside chat, which touched on everything from floppy discs and Commodore 64s to the Arab spring and shitschtorming , (as Merkel put it) turned into a focused discussion about the future of Europe .
(18) Talisker Bay Photograph: Alamy Distance 2 miles Start Talisker, grid ref: NG326306 Further information and maps To malt whisky buffs the name Talisker conjures a picture of peaty drams and long fireside evenings.
(19) The idea of a fireside chat between world leaders might have been a good idea when Giscard d'Estaing dreamt it up in 1975, but it's now time to face reality and scrap the G8 altogether.
(20) Another award winner, SIFA Fireside , provides health services to the homeless and vulnerable people in Birmingham.