Prayed

Examples

• Oh, all he longed, all he prayed for, was that I might live with him! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• As he stood in the doorway, the poor old careworn wayworn woman burst into tears, and clasped her hands, as if in a very agony she prayed to him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It would have been very like a Christian, and a marvellously good Christian too, if Oliver had prayed for the people who fed and took care of _him_. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He was to be told (said Monseigneur) that supper awaited him then and there, and that he was prayed to come to it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• O dearest Charles, let me thank God for this on my knees as I have prayed to Him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I prayed them to save even from himself this scion of the noblest family in England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She knelt down and prayed by his bedside, as he did too, having still hold of her hand. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She prayed for his prosperity and that of the bride he had chosen. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But you have not yet asked for anything; you have prayed a gift to be withdrawn: try again. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• My Lord being prayed to bid my learned friend lay aside his wig, and giving no very gracious consent, the likeness became much more remarkable. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I took her and sat her on my knee and I prayed God bless her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Oh, it nearly killed me, William--but you didn't come, though I wished and prayed for you to come, and they took him too away from me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Then, as usual, she felt ashamed of her selfish thoughts and prayed inwardly to be strengthened to do her duty. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I have prayed over them, oh, I have prayed so much. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• For our sakes now, as well as for Anne's, I hoped and prayed fervently that she might still escape him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• How I have lived I hardly know; many times have I stretched my failing limbs upon the sandy plain, and prayed for death. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The good Catholic Portuguese crossed himself and prayed God to shield him from all blasphemous desire to know more than his father did before him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She sprang out of bed and prayed long and earnestly. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She almost prayed for the cruel teeth that would give her unconsciousness and surcease from the agony of fear. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• From that self-imposed exile I came back, as I had hoped, prayed, believed I should come back--a changed man. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And each time they prayed to God to bless dear Papa, as if he were alive and in the room with them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And as he walked he prayed for the souls of Sordo and of all his band. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Why had he not stayed among the crowd of whom she asked nothing--but only prayed that they might be less contemptible? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was the first time he had prayed since the start of the movement. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• For ten years I have waited and prayed to be taken back to the world of my lost love. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I prayed so that he should. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I have endeavoured and prayed for tranquillity of mind in vain, during many long months, which yet have brought me no consolation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• For ten years I have waited and prayed for an answer to my questions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I earnestly prayed that he might hereafter make his lady amends for the former neglect I had occasioned her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• There was no need of any words when they got home, for Father and Mother saw plainly now what they had prayed to be saved from seeing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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