But Nabokov, increasingly devoted to his writing, did not pursue the work he had begun.

The works of Russian historians were increasingly devoted to discussions of Stalin's mistakes and crimes.

While there, he studied Japanese techniques of carpentry, to which he had become increasingly devoted.

As he grew older, Dr. Spock became increasingly devoted to his political and philosophic causes.

The various campaigns for "Unity" after 1936 were increasingly devoted to agitation on foreign policy in the hope that war could be averted.

The downtown core began to lose its residential vocation and became a space increasingly devoted to commerce, industry and to a lesser extent, public life.

As the society matured, it reduced efforts to circulate petitions and increasingly devoted time to fundraising.

Muslim scholarship was increasingly devoted to apologetics or to dreaming of past triumph - a dangerous brew.

Of course, in a city increasingly devoted to businessmen and tourists, there are inevitably more establishments catering to foreigners.

And she grew increasingly devoted to - and dependent upon - Gardner.