pray
Example Sentences
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The monk, in his 60s, was first introduced to the sport in 1995, when he was invited by a ski resort to pray for its safety.
From Barron's
Longshot Italy will have a home crowd Friday night, praying for a miracolo.
The passage teaches us how to pray, and that’s a lesson that seems particularly important these days.
Shepherd talked about always praying the show would leave viewers happier than when they came and expressed gratitude for the four seasons she had been given.
From Los Angeles Times
"I pray and hope that peace will prevail... that people of all faiths will coexist forever," Biswas, 92, said outside her ancestral home in Abhaynagar, where three generations of her family were born.
From Barron's
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