[ UK /pɹˈe‍ɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹeɪ/ ]
VERB
  1. call upon in supplication; entreat
    I beg you to stop!
  2. address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
    pray to the Lord
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How To Use pray In A Sentence

  • Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.
  • The dozen pictures she had shot during a recent bath time -- including a few of Nora rinsing with a handheld shower sprayer -- were, for Cynthia, simply part of the vast photographic record she was keeping of her family's life. Lynn Powell: Pornographer or Soccer Mom?
  • I have sprayed them a couple of times with soapy water, which kills some of them but doesn't harm beneficial insects like ladybirds.
  • The night was spent in prayer.
  • Josefina Scaglione's YouTube video When Mr. Laurents first called the willowy soprano, who speaks with lushly rolled r's and sometimes interrupts conversation to ask the meaning of an English word, she was performing the role of Amber Von Tussle in a Buenos Aires production of "Hairspray. I've Just Met a Girl Named Josefina
  • The second section of an ancient Greco - Roman letter was prayer or a word of thanks.
  • Now the word "prayer" to non-Muslim readers will evoke an image of people perhaps silently clasping their hands together, leaning forward in a pew, and either silently, to themselves, or in a quiet tone, speaking heartfeltly to God. David Horowitz Freedom Center
  • The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson 
  • For if I pray in an unknown tongue , my spirit prayer, but my understanding is unfruitful.
  • Mycoinsecticides are fungal sprays that work on insect pests from the inside out.
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