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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pray.

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Examples

  • Griffin plans to fly to Lewis College in Southern California to meet his pen pal Carrot (who he prays is the female of his dreams) and his running teammates.

    Bad Idea-Todd & Jedd Hafer « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008

  • The modern prays, that is he begs of his idol, his deity, to prosper his business, to guard his life, and, as one of my "super-devout" acquaintances recently informed me, on the eve of an important golf match, for the Deity to give him endurance; in other words, "to cut down his golf score."

    The Necessity of Atheism David Marshall Brooks

  • I think it's shameful that MSNBC would air the words of this coward who "prays" for action.

    MSNBC vs Steven L Anderson 2009

  • He "prays" for notPresident Obama the illegal alien lizard person to die.

    MSNBC vs Steven L Anderson 2009

  • Sixth, when are people going to wakeup to the fact that the two party system is a system designed to thwart real democracy and stop acting like Steve King (R-Iowa) who 'prays' that this country never becomes a democracy?

    Nader To Obama: You Want To Talk White? 2009

  • When Palin "prays" that the war be God's will, she is making a suggestion to God as to what His will should be.

    "The 20 Most Obnoxious Anti-Palin Quotes So Far." Ann Althouse 2008

  • "I shall expect the same word back from you by return of post scored under as eagerly as those futile" prays "."

    Ayala's Angel 1993

  • "I shall expect the same word back from you by return of post scored under as eagerly as those futile" prays "."

    Ayala's Angel 1881

  • Then let me intreat you, gentle, benevolent, and christian reader, to peruse in pity the romances of Francis Lathom, for he no doubt "prays," and I will bear witness that he "works" manfully for "his daily bread."

    Romance Readers and Romance Writers: a Satirical Novel 1810

  • The Thelma And Louise star "prays" she's not as outrageous as her crass character.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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