as in to beg
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 pray
Don’t spray and pray with cold emails, hoping someone bites.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Thousands of followers have been gathering in St. Peter's Square in the evenings to pray the rosary.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Hundreds of people are joining a nightly mass in St. Peter’s Square to pray for the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
If your husband refuses to go with you, go alone — or pray for amnesia.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Thousands of followers have been gathering in St. Peter's Square in the evenings to pray the rosary.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Hundreds of people are joining a nightly mass in St. Peter’s Square to pray for the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
If your husband refuses to go with you, go alone — or pray for amnesia.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pray
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“Pray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pray. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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