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Example sentences for: prayed

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Of how, when tea was done, and everyone had stood,He reached for my head, put his hands over it,And gently pulled me to his chest, which smelledOf dung smoke and cinnamon and mutton grease.I could hear his wheezy breathing now, like the prophet's Last whispered word repeated by the faithful.Then he prayed for what no one had time to translate--His son interrupted the old man to tell him a groupOf snake charmers sought his blessing, and a blind thief.The saint pushed me away, took one long look,Then straightened my collar and nodded me toward the door.
Oklahomans have prayed for divine intervention to no avail.
The Internet facilitates the sort of communications and activism that the Fords and Carnegies prayed PBS would spark.
An article describes a new medical study about prayer: When devout "healers" prayed for the health of arthritic patients--without the patients' knowledge--the patients' health improved.
He prayed with his housemate each morning at 5:00 A.M. and attended services at the Islamic Center.