Read full poem →That shall be said,
What dost thou praying,
O soul, and playing
Dictionary Entry
To direct words and/or thoughts to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
In a Sentence
“Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.”
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Common Phrases
. prayingmantis praying
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Poetry examples for “praying”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Ah, how sad and slow!
Wailing and praying
The spirits rise and go:
Read full poem →With Magdalene,
And Thine own Mother praying silently,
Yea, blessed above women she,
Read full poem →We know Thy wounded Hands: and Thou dost know
Our praying hands, our hands that clasp and cling
To hold Thee fast and not to let Thee go.
Read full poem →Saying, " Messer Dante, pardon me," —
Praying that they might hear the song
Which first of all he made, when young
Read full poem →And the watch failed to keep,
When Jesus was praying and pressed with the weight
Of the oncoming fate.
Read full poem →And a-marking in the moss some funny little saying
That would mean just the opposite of all that he was praying!
Read full poem →praying,
I see the poppies in the corn I used to sport away in :
Read full poem →So harden'd is it in this dearth
Which praying fails to do away.
Nor tears, nor tears this clay uncouth
Read full poem →As riddlingly distempered, cold and hot,
As praying, as mute; as infinite, as none.
I durst not view heaven yesterday; and today