PRAY in a Sentence
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220 example sentences for PRAY, such as:
1. Once on shore, we pray no more.
2. She knelt by the bed and prayed.
3. I will pray to God for your safety.
4. We prayed and did penance together.
5. And, for my love, I pray you wrong me not.
2. She knelt by the bed and prayed.
3. I will pray to God for your safety.
4. We prayed and did penance together.
5. And, for my love, I pray you wrong me not.
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Meanings and Examples of PRAY
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pray
v. address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
v. call upon in supplication; entreat
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 We can only pray, she added, and fingered her crucifix.
2 I shall not associate him in our conversation with your intimacy and encouragement; pray do not persist in connecting him with mine.
3 I pray thee, uncle," answered the Jester, "let my folly, for once, protect my roguery.
4 And, for my love, I pray you wrong me not.
5 And now, sirs," said Prince John, who began to be warmed with the wine which he had drank, "having done justice to our Saxon guests, we will pray of them some requital to our courtesy.
6 And I pray you, good Christian brother," replied the anchorite, "to disturb me no more.
7 Sir Sluggish Knight," replied the Clerk, "these are dangerous words, and I pray you to forbear them.
8 It is not for myself that I pray this favour," said Rebecca; "nor is it even for that poor old man.
9 I pray you, Sir Knight," said Rowena, "to cease a language so commonly used by strolling minstrels, that it becomes not the mouth of knights or nobles.
10 Benedicite, Sir Templar," replied De Bracy, "pray you to keep better rule with your tongue when I am the theme of it.
11 I pray thee be more conformable in this matter of my ransom.
12 I pray of your reverence to remember that I force my monies upon no one.
13 Well, my Lady, I only hope and pray you may.
14 They treasure up every one of your pictures in the illustrated papers, and probably pray for you every night.
15 In vain was her "Pray, sir, don't; pray, Mr. Crawford," repeated twice over; and in vain did she try to move away.
Example Sentence:
1 Once on shore, we pray no more.
2 She had decided she must go on as usual, follow her normal routine, and hope and pray.
3 I will pray to God for your safety.
4 In times of difficulty, she pray for an oracle to guide her
5 "That proves you have a wicked heart; and you must pray to God to change it: to give you a new and clean one: to take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."
6 My family and I will be praying along with Rick that God will again bless your country.
7 She knelt by the bed and prayed.
8 We prayed and did penance together.
9 He thought if he prayed hard enough God might eventually listen.
10 Where he is described as a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave charity to the people, and prayed continually to God.