How to Use vocation in a Sentence
vocation
noun
- This isn't just a job for me; it's a vocation.
- He never felt a real sense of vocation.
- I'm a carpenter by vocation, but my hobby is painting.
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The Dakar is a nomadic race whose vocation is to explore the deserts in the world.
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Washington Post,
15 Jan. 2020
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There is work done for work's sake... and then there is vocation.
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Karen Bliss,
Billboard,
24 Sep. 2019
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Since the protests began, she's felt called to a new vocation.
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Bill Laitner,
Detroit Free Press,
30 June 2020
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The house is owned by Dodin (Benoît Magimel), whose vocation is that of a gourmet.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2024
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Getting ready for the next storm is now a year-round vocation.
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Ron Hurtibise,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
22 Dec. 2017
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For a man who relied on his brain and his body for his life’s vocation, the news couldn’t have been worse.
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Mary Ann Gwinn,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Sep. 2023
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Although in the past, many saw the food business and farming as a vocation, this is no longer the case.
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Aidan Connolly,
Forbes,
6 June 2022
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Although in the past, many saw the food business and farming as a vocation, this is no longer the case.
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Rachel Desantis,
Peoplemag,
9 Oct. 2023
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Now the sport has become a vocation and that’s how athletes look at it.
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Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
16 Oct. 2018
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Toward the end of his life, the elder Mr. Bartunek warmed to his son’s vocation.
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Mike Kerrigan,
WSJ,
21 Dec. 2021
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If pursued in the right way, your vocation could add years of healthy living.
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Matt Fuchs,
Fortune Well,
14 May 2023
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Those who professed a vocation for the work were the least troubled, even in the initial stages of their career.
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Will Self,
Harper’s Magazine ,
28 Sep. 2022
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An aspirant also asks donors for their prayers and keeps them up-to-date on the progress of their vocation.
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WSJ,
26 Mar. 2022
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For David, acting seems to be both vocation and lark, and his gales of laughter blow back the curtain between the two.
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M.d. Rodrigues,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2024
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His father is trying to find a job or vocation for him, too.
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Carlos Mendez,
star-telegram,
11 Aug. 2017
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The work is hard, the pay is low, and finding time and space to work is often difficult, say those who know the challenges of the vocation.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2023
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But his real calling — his vocation — was the search for truth.
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Washington Post,
3 Sep. 2021
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But his real calling - his vocation - was the search for truth.
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Anchorage Daily News,
5 Sep. 2021
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On Beijing bridges big and small, a new vocation was born: bridge watchers.
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Han Zhang,
The New Yorker,
11 June 2024
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The bags have a traveller soul and a universal vocation, LOVE!
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Minna Shim,
Harper's BAZAAR,
8 July 2017
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In place of what she’s given up, her illness has become a kind of vocation.
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Rachael Bedard,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2024
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Fine art was for white people who came from a different class—one in which art could be a vocation.
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Hilton Als,
The New Yorker,
20 Nov. 2023
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The abbey closed in 2017 due to an aging population and lack of new vocations.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
11 July 2023
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There is no such thing as a part-time artist, even if some must work at other vocations in order to survive.
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Rachel Cusk,
Harper's Magazine,
9 Sep. 2023
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The vocation, film-wise, came from watching Steven Spielberg work.
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Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2022
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One of the great gifts of being an artist — or an arts writer — is looking at the world through the fascinating prism of your vocation.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Sep. 2024
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Crowley had a degree in library science but saw his job as a police officer as his true vocation.
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Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Sep. 2024
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