How to Use pray in a Sentence

pray

verb

• He prayed that they would have the strength to go on.
• There's little else to do now but hope and pray.
• He prayed that he would find a parking spot.
• Some cried or hugged or prayed.
  — Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
• Who hasn’t prayed for a fresh start?
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
• So how, pray tell, did this guy win?
  — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
• Dreher knelt in one of the pews and prayed.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
• The monks that used to live there made wine, prayed.
  — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
• Roger prays, and Amy takes her last breath.
  — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
• Each night the boys would kneel in the dark and pray for help.
  — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 18 June 2026
• The chance to see her, to be with her, to pray over her.
  — Donald Fountain, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
• Heath looked to the sky and prayed the flight would still take off.
  — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
• Hey, for those of you who pray, now’s the time to do it.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
• Hey, for those of you who pray, now's the time to do it.
  — Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• Try to get a good contest and pray.
  — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
• And hope and pray for better times.
  — Leila Fadel, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
• Please pray for this madness to stop.
  — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• Someone needs to pray with the adults.
  — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 7 June 2026
• Please pray for their safe return.
  — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
• That was the first time someone prayed for me.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
• Or at least that is what those of us who are his friends pray for.
  — Paul A. Gigot, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• Parishioners prayed, laughed and shared a meal.
  — María Teresa Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
• The group can be heard praying while the man yells.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
• Please pray for us & for all who suffer in this war.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026
• Put a name on the list and hope and pray that name makes it to the top.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2021
• Moses breathed deeply and prayed number three would be drawn up.
  — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
• And to pray about that and let their own conscience guide them.
  — Fox News, 27 Sep. 2022
• Please pray this prayer that all our names of God may guide us on.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
• Just kind of told me to share a little word with him, pray with him.
  — Mike Rodak | [email protected], al, 17 Jan. 2023
• Olson says Catholics should pray for peace.
  — Erin Jones, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026