as in begs
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 prays
Leavitt is a devout Catholic and regularly prays with staff ahead of the press briefings, according to Politico.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel prays every night to garner a fraction of that support to keep his show on air after ratings dropped 64% last week.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel prays every night to garner a fraction of that support to keep his show on air after ratings dropped 64 percent last week.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel prays every night to garner a fraction of that support to keep his show on air after ratings dropped 64 percent last week.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Tom wakes alone, prays, struggles through a tedious day, and drinks too much vodka out of a Phillies plastic cup.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … 'THEIR WHOLE WORLD' – Demi Tebow, Tim Tebow's wife, prays for Charlie Kirk's wife and children.
—FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
This holds true across dozens of countries and on nearly every measure of religiosity, from how often someone prays to how important faith is in their lives.
—Ryan Burge, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Is the demon in Annabelle the same Ram that the cult prays to?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel prays every night to garner a fraction of that support to keep his show on air after ratings dropped 64% last week.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel prays every night to garner a fraction of that support to keep his show on air after ratings dropped 64 percent last week.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel prays every night to garner a fraction of that support to keep his show on air after ratings dropped 64 percent last week.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Tom wakes alone, prays, struggles through a tedious day, and drinks too much vodka out of a Phillies plastic cup.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … 'THEIR WHOLE WORLD' – Demi Tebow, Tim Tebow's wife, prays for Charlie Kirk's wife and children.
—FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
This holds true across dozens of countries and on nearly every measure of religiosity, from how often someone prays to how important faith is in their lives.
—Ryan Burge, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Is the demon in Annabelle the same Ram that the cult prays to?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prays
Verb
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Carrie begs Lo to drop it before things get worse.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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Stripped to her underwear and tied to a chair, Evelyn begs for her life as Gein wheels out a corpse, wraps its long-dead fingers around the handle of a hammer, and brings both inanimate objects down on Evelyn’s head.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Fox asks when presented with the number.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Williams asks in the opening verse.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Prays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prays. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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