PRAYER in a Sentence

Learn PRAYER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
230 example sentences for PRAYER, such as:
1. I believe in prayer for the dead.
2. He arrived, as if in answer to her prayers.
3. Attendance at evening prayers is not compulsory.
4. Mary gabbled out her prayers and jumped into bed.
5. But observe his prayer, and learn a weighty lesson.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PRAYER
prayer
 n.  a fixed text used in praying
 n.  someone who prays to God
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She loved this land so much, without even knowing she loved it, loved it as she loved her mother's face under the lamp at prayer time.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  He stood on the blackened foundation stones of the burned building, looked down the long avenue of trees leading toward the road and swore lustily, with a joy too deep for thankful prayer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  Prompted by Mammy's hoarse whisper, Jack set his fly-brush in the corner and removed the dishes, while Mammy fumbled in the sideboard drawer for Ellen's worn prayer book.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  Ellen arranged her skirts and sank to the floor on her knees, laying the open prayer book on the table before her and clasping her hands upon it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  Ellen finished and Gerald, who could never find his beads at prayer time, began furtively counting his decade on his fingers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  Then in superstitious terror she crossed herself and tried to say a prayer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  When she rose from her knees she did not feel as comforted as she had formerly felt after prayer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  The sight never failed to annoy her, for Scarlett felt that the time for prayer had passed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
9  Other Atlanta women would have nothing to do with them and even refused to bow to them in church, so when business brought Scarlett to their homes, she was like an answer to prayer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
10  The stillness of the country twilight came down about them as calming as a prayer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
11  Then, as she held Melanie's hand more closely, a flood of warm gratitude to God swept over her and, for the first time since her childhood, she said a humble, unselfish prayer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
12  He smote the enormous Bible on the reading-stand, vociferated, "Come, let us reason together," delivered a prayer informing Almighty God of the news of the past week, and began to reason.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
13  But observe his prayer, and learn a weighty lesson.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
14  In his prayer he thanked the Lord for the first Christmas, and for all that it had meant to the world ever since.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XII
15  I believe in prayer for the dead.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  I wish to conclude my speech with a prayer for the continued happiness of thenewly married couple.
2  Once many times of decision, finally were bested by your prayer.
3  I sent up a quick prayer and entered the interview room.
4  Miracles can be worked by Him alone, although mere mortals may entreat Him by prayer to perform them on their behalf.
5  They had joined a religious order and dedicated their lives to prayer and good works.
6  There the Pope touched the white marble shrine and paused for a minute in silent prayer, just like millions of pilgrims before him.
7  The nuns in the convent were noted for their piety; they spent their days in worship and prayer.
8  As indeed it was; for as sorely as Tom's hands itched to grab for it they did not dare -- he believed his soul would be instantly destroyed if he did such a thing while the prayer was going on.
9  By incantation and prayer, the medicine man sought to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of the young warrior.
10  He arrived, as if in answer to her prayers.
11  Students are required to attend prayers twice a week.
12  Mary gabbled out her prayers and jumped into bed.
13  Attendance at evening prayers is not compulsory.
14  But this group are the bedrock of the institution - and as such should figure prominently in our prayers.
15  Complaints are the greatest offerings that God obtains from human beings, as well as the most faithful prayers human beings might utter to God.