prayer
Example Sentences
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Grace recalled her partner joining her in prayer, asking questions, and even attending midnight mass on their first Christmas together.
From BBC
"These things that I have built are totemic creatures but also prayer for the existence and continuation of the existence of creatures and insects."
From BBC
In churches across Lebanon, prayers for peace increasingly carry another plea: that Lebanon not be used as a battlefield for other nations’ strategies.
Just after first prayers, when everybody stood up and held hands together and prayed along with Mrs. Tracy — “Hold hands? No way,” Eric LoBianco said every time — I leaned over to Jeff.
From Literature
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The universal message of Purim is prayer for the protective hand of God when confronted with evil, and the importance of men and women willing to take up arms to confront that evil.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.