as in begged
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 prayed
Jews have prayed facing Jerusalem for thousands of years.
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Rabbi Tuvia Brander, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
Tuesday, the body of Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was returned to his mosque, where his community prayed over it.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
The executive director of the Great Plains and United Methodist Conference prayed that someone would find a use for the modest chapel in Kansas City, Kansas’ Muncie neighborhood.
—Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
In God's hands Amid a downpour of rain, vicar Eliosbel Pereira Almaguer at the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami prayed for people living in countries under tyranny – and for their leaders to do what is right and just.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Leo prayed for all those killed, especially the children.
—ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
Seeing the wall police breached to give people inside the club a chance to get out, or the bathrooms and dressing rooms where people hid, prayed for survival or reached out to family and friends carries an impact that spells out this nation’s terrifying vulnerability to gun violence.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
The monks that used to live there made wine, prayed.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
As the waters threatened to sweep her away, 11 year old Millie Kate McClelland closed her eyes and prayed to God.
—February 25, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
Rabbi Tuvia Brander, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
Tuesday, the body of Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was returned to his mosque, where his community prayed over it.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
The executive director of the Great Plains and United Methodist Conference prayed that someone would find a use for the modest chapel in Kansas City, Kansas’ Muncie neighborhood.
—Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
In God's hands Amid a downpour of rain, vicar Eliosbel Pereira Almaguer at the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami prayed for people living in countries under tyranny – and for their leaders to do what is right and just.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Leo prayed for all those killed, especially the children.
—ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
Seeing the wall police breached to give people inside the club a chance to get out, or the bathrooms and dressing rooms where people hid, prayed for survival or reached out to family and friends carries an impact that spells out this nation’s terrifying vulnerability to gun violence.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
The monks that used to live there made wine, prayed.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
As the waters threatened to sweep her away, 11 year old Millie Kate McClelland closed her eyes and prayed to God.
—February 25, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prayed
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Curry’s passenger begged officers to help Curry but Billups-Taylor blithely dismissed this concern, stating that Curry was acting, court documents state.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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In an embarrassingly amateurish political stunt, Bianco blew the president a kiss and all but begged for an endorsement by seizing 650,000 ballots from last November’s election to determine whether they were fraudulently counted.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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By 1838, Prudhomme was dead, and his daughter petitioned to divide the estate.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Beall property was at one time in Fort Worth’s ETJ, but Beall petitioned the city to relinquish it.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Prayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prayed. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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