pray to
Example Sentences
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“You have to pray to the gods,” said Boushele.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
“I pray to God every day that things will change for the better,” said Joel José León Santo, 53, who on a recent morning was preparing his fishing boat with three colleagues.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
The basilica also hosts what is said to be a relic of Jesus's crib and an icon of Mary, to whom Pope Francis would pray to asking for protection before a journey.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025
It’s the kind of care I pray to receive myself at the end of my own life.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025
Every time a new baby was born, they’d always go out to the Holy Grove, and pray to Saint Gwenforte, the Holy Greyhound, to keep that baby safe.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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