as in pleading
asking humbly
impressed by such prayerful petitioners, the governor promised that he'd see what he could do
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In the Catholic Church, the faithful celebrated the sacred Triduum, the period from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday, which marks the end of the 40-day prayerful season of Lent.
Multilingual Masses and prayer services were held at churches throughout L.A., Orange County and the Inland Empire.
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Allyson Vergara, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2025
The morning began with prayerful words by David Profitt of Glen Ellyn, FUMCAH associate pastor.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Social media posts in prayerful support of the pontiff are matched by those wishing him to die, weighing in on the author’s preferred successor or deriding the entire concept of the papacy as a farce.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Catholic leaders and followers worldwide remain in prayerful vigil for the ailing pontiff.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Allyson Vergara, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2025
The morning began with prayerful words by David Profitt of Glen Ellyn, FUMCAH associate pastor.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Social media posts in prayerful support of the pontiff are matched by those wishing him to die, weighing in on the author’s preferred successor or deriding the entire concept of the papacy as a farce.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Catholic leaders and followers worldwide remain in prayerful vigil for the ailing pontiff.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prayerful
persistent
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Put another way, even though China will remain a persistent and formidable challenger to the United States, and even though much of Southeast Asia seems to be gravitating toward China, Beijing still has a lot of work to do to allay concerns and win the trust of regional states.—
Yuen Foong Khong,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Despite their diversity, these groups share common threads of systemic exclusion from traditional financial services, contributing to persistent inequities in wealth and opportunity.—
Kevin Cohee,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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“Prayerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prayerful. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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