as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
I pray you: tell me where they went
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Recent Examples of pray
At the friary, everyone would pray and eat together.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Turn on-off, reset, lock unlock, kick the tires, punch steering wheel, pray and sacrifice two chicken nada.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
That’s the gist of Pixar’s Elio, the story of a preteen boy who prays to be liberated from the doldrums of terra firma and finds himself in way over his head once the obliging E.T.s mistake him for ambassador to Earth.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
In an especially intimate moment, the couple's parents and wedding party prayed over them.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 12 May 2025
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Turn on-off, reset, lock unlock, kick the tires, punch steering wheel, pray and sacrifice two chicken nada.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
That’s the gist of Pixar’s Elio, the story of a preteen boy who prays to be liberated from the doldrums of terra firma and finds himself in way over his head once the obliging E.T.s mistake him for ambassador to Earth.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
In an especially intimate moment, the couple's parents and wedding party prayed over them.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pray
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Until her death at age 25, Emily would beg to be taken to the carousel at the mall near her home in Columbia, Maryland.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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But coming from the multiracial, multiethnic U.S., his background begged for further description.—
Rebecca R. Bibbs,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Other residents have petitioned against the ordinance because of the financial implications of not being able to rent their properties.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
21 May 2025
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More than 50 asset managers have petitioned the SEC for exemptive relief in order to offer an ETF share class of an existing mutual fund.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
20 May 2025
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“Pray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pray. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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