How to Use prayer in a Sentence
prayer
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Hearts and prayers out to them.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
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Please keep us in your prayers.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
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Mullins’ shot was not a prayer.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
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Enough with the thoughts and prayers.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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Please keep them in your prayers.
—Tony Aiello, CBS News, 11 June 2026
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Thank you for your prayers and hope.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 12 Feb. 2026
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Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 June 2026
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Got up, said his prayers, went to work.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
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His work was a prayer for all these things.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
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But our thoughts and our prayers are with him.
—Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 June 2026
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Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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The prayer is that Guthrie is found alive.
—Kaitlyn Buss, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
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In the midst of the prayer, Katy coughed.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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And don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
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Sundance was a wing and a prayer.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
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But for your prayers and his mercy.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
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Maybe this is the answer to my prayer.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Sending prayers for her feet in those heels!
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
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Our thoughts and prayers remain with them.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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Sending me lots of love, lots of prayers.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Thoughts and prayers are more than welcome.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
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Eyes closed and head bowed during prayer.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
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Her church prayer group was elated.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
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Thank you for all the well-wishes and prayers.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Our prayers go out to his wife and young children.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
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The call to prayer rose from the nearby mosque.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
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Why not hold hands and send up one big prayer to God?
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
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This boxy, cropped tee is the answer to my prayers.
—Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 8 June 2026
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God has answered the prayers of so many of us 🙌🙏.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
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