prayerful

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

The tables were laid, the candles were lighted, and the last rainy-day light was dying as prayerful voices rose toward the synagogue’s ornate domed ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023

“I am being tried for the prayerful thoughts I held in my head.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

There he found a book with the most wonderful pictures of Calvinistic martyrs, dying horrible but prayerful deaths.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes