How to Use devotee in a Sentence

devotee

noun
  • The nightclub is popular among jazz devotees.
  • Not even hardcore devotees are likely to have wondered what the sleeping arrangements were like in the RV the band used for tours in the 1970s.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • And if the Taylor Swift devotees can splurge for the Eras Tour, why can’t sports nuts do the same?
    Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 28 July 2024
  • In fact, the duo have long been devotees to their famous cousin.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The grande dame of the event is Jean Overstreet, 89, a longtime devotee.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2021
  • 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
  • But the flow of Trump devotees lured by roadside flags has been strong.
    Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Villeneuve, a true devotee of the book, does not repeat the same mistakes.
    David Klion, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
  • So what is the place of lip color in our lives right now, and what’s an avid lipstick devotee to do?
    Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2020
  • That word came up a few times in interviews with chefs and omakase devotees.
    Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2024
  • For the hot sauce devotee, nothing makes a better gift than, well, more hot sauce!
    Emmy Favilla, CNN Underscored, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Flowers are placed on a puja table at the feet of the image with the stems facing the devotee.
    Robert J. Stephens, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
  • For Android devotees and those on the fence, the Samsung Galaxy S20 will likely be the phone of choice this year.
    Amrita Khalid, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Is there a holy war between oval and square devotees and this was the compromise?
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
  • And devotees of raw milk seemed undeterred by the chance of illness.
    Rachel Cohrs Zhang Reprints, STAT, 16 May 2024
  • 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
  • And what does a Panic devotee think the Phish followers think of her lot?
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 27 May 2022
  • But one way to really stand out to the Food Network devotee on your list?
    Erin Parker, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • Nordstrom devotees know summer is the best time of the year to score deep discounts at the department store.
    Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2024
  • This is one of the few wine bars (especially in this neighborhood) that caters to natural wine devotees as well as fans of, say, rare Bordeaux.
    Oset Babür-Winter, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2024

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