How to use pray in a sentence

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• Let us pray that peace may soon return to our war-torn homeland.From the entry may
• It is pretty unlikely that you'll win, but I will pray that at least you do well.From the entry unlikely
• He prayed to God "please heal my sister", while she declared "I am healed in Jesus' name".From the entry declare
• With bullets flying, all I could do was get down and pray.From the entry get down
• We pray that He grant us His blessings and that His will be done.From the entry his
• The nuns prayed on the matter daily, sending flutters of devotion to the heavens.From the entry flutter
• People often pray the chaplet at 3:00 pm to commemorate Jesus' death.From the entry chaplet
• She dialed nervously, praying that Grandma would pick up the phone and everything would turn out OK.From the entry pick up the phone
• Pray tell us, how will they fare while you are away?From the entry pray tell
• But how, pray tell, do you "notice" something that happens when you're asleep?From the entry pray tell
• Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of death. Amen.From the entry Mother of God
• We must pray to Jesus to banish this Satanicness from the world.From the entry satanicness
• Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.From the entry creation
• Let's pray that we'd be preserved from danger.From the entry preserve
• The faithful pray five times a day.From the entry faithful
• I pray no harm will come to you.From the entry come to
• We shall not forget the one hundred million victims of Communism: to them we pray, respect, and pay tributes for.From the entry one hundred million
• I pray no harm will come upon you.From the entry come upon
• The ould ones were praying in church.From the entry ould one
• He knelt him down to pray.From the entry kneel
• If your sis won’t be here on Thu, we’d better cancel the booking. — I will pray that she arrives on time.From the entry will
• If one were to pray alone and cannot hear the adhan from a nearby mosque, then giving both the adhan and iqamah is Sunnah (recommended).From the entry adhan
• The Jesus nut got its name because it is a single point of failure — if it goes, there's nothing you can do but pray.From the entry single point of failure
• I pray for movie theather employees that we dont have another Chicken Jockey incident.2026 March 26, @Munkieezy, X (post). From the entry chicken jockey
• Peter's Basilica on Wednesday morning, so that the faithful may pray before his mortal remains.2025 April 21, Devin Watkins, “Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88”, in Vatican News. From the entry mortal remains
• They marched through Gushan District and released sky lanterns to mourn victims and pray for Hong Kong.2020 June 5, C. Chuang, “Vigils Marking June 4 Held in Taipei, Kaohsiung [悼念六四31週年 北燭光晚會.高放天燈]”, in Public Television Service, archived…. From the entry Gushan
• "So how, pray tell, did you decult?" She took a sip.2020, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Feels Like Falling, page 311. From the entry decult
• For so long I've pled and prayed, "God, come to my rescue!"2018, Matt Papa, Matt Boswell, “Lord From Sorrows Deep I Call (Psalm 42)”. From the entry pled
• The telekung, worn by Muslim women to pray, traditionally comes in white.2017 March 15, Aznim Ruhana Md Yusup, “Fashion ambivalence”, in New Straits Times, Malaysia, retrieved 29 Oct 2017. From the entry telekung
• They pray for “deliverance” and seek reward in the form of grades “sustenance”.2016, Lily Kong, “Mimicking Religion as Coping Strategy: the Emergence of the Bell-Curve God in Singapore”, in Material Religion, volume…. From the entry bell curve god
• I prayed for the buttery balik (smoked sturgeon) instead of the prestigious but disgusting canned cod liver.2013, Anya von Bremzen, “1970s: Mayonnaise of My Homeland”, in Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing, New…. From the entry cod liver
• As for her prayer, and the prayer of the women praying with her, it is sound."2012, Steve Esomba, Wall Streets Infected By Arab Spring, page 41. From the entry sexualist
• “Stay back!" She swung the sword at him, praying she could actually use the curst thing.2011, Sabrina Jeffries, How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (fiction), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 350. From the entry curst
• They knew how to doven, to pray, but they didn’t understand what the heck they were reading.2010, “Joshua (Joe) Gershman”, in Seemah C. Berson, editor, I Have a Story to Tell You, Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press…. From the entry doven
• No medicine, no amulet relieves it, not even the compassionate Isis to whom I pray daily.2010, Bruce Macbain, Roman Games, Poisoned Pen Press, →ISBN, page 181. From the entry potioner

Meaning of pray

1. verb To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
2. verb To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
3. verb To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

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How do you use pray in a sentence?

Pray is used as a verb and adverb. For example: “Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.”

What is a short sentence with pray?

“He knelt him down to pray.”

What does pray mean?

Pray means to direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.