Ejemplos de uso de DEVOUTNESS
1. Despite religious devoutness in her family, sexual abuse had occurred over two generations, and the contradiction not only caused deep pain but also put her off her faith.
2. Its subjects cover, among other things, Lonesome George, only survivor of the giant tortoises that helped Darwin to transform our view of the natural world; a blind adventurer; and the devoutness and lust of the 17th–century poet John Donne.
3. Even the stalwart Anthony, a Quaker, gets no more than some chilly respect.) Piercy pounds home Comstock‘s creepy devoutness to such an extent that, early on, I thought she was going to turn him into a serial killer.
4. The attack is seen as a setback for the AKP in its quest to ease limits on the headscarf, worn by some women in Turkey as a sign of devoutness.
5. "It is not religious based." ‘Violation‘ Defending air force policy before MPs, parliamentary secretary for defence Tanveer Hussain Syed said: "There is no ban on any Pakistan Air Force [PAF] personnel of any rank keeping a beard, but there has to be a limit on the length of a beard." Beards are seen as a sign of devoutness He said oxygen masks worn at high altitudes could malfunction if the airman had too much facial hair as it was difficult to fit the mask tightly onto the face.