prays,

In the latter story, published in 1906, a boy works dawn to dusk in a jute mill, "toiling centuries long in a single night at tying an endless succession of weaver's knots," breathing lung-clogging lint amid the deafening roar and crash of the looms, and prays,

Wolf House Burning: Page I 2004

Lord's handmaid draws from the sheath the keen-edged glittering sword, and prays,

Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey

And a new chaplain, that swears faster than he prays,

English Songs and Ballads Various

In Ezekiel's vision of the dry bones the prophet prays,

The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889

This concluded, the Maulvee quits the grave, and slowly moves forty measured paces in a line with it; then turning round, he comes again to the grave, with the same solemnity in his steps, and standing on the edge, he prays,

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

In the pains of suffering that are pressing upon him he prays,

The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870

And a new chaplain, that swears faster than he prays,

Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 2 George Gilfillan 1845

And a new chaplain, that swears faster than he prays,

Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845

Mary! 'was her prayer, and' Mary! 'still she prays,

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 Various 1836

Jeremiah had not desired the woeful day upon his country in general; but as to his persecutors, in a just and holy indignation at their malice, he prays,

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721