prayerful

Example Sentences

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To quote the survivors’ prayerful mantra, “So say we all.”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Scorsese says he attends Mass and is “absolutely” a prayerful person.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Clare Anne Ath, a 2018 graduate of St. Mary’s, cheered the reversal, crediting Bishop Rhoades and “the generations of faithful Catholic SMC alums who were prayerful on this matter and made their concerns known.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2023

I exchanged prayerful meditation time for a litter pickup but wasn’t convinced I’d find much.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

That mental image most likely includes depictions of Pilgrims or Puritans in a prayerful pose.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz