desperately pray

Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words

to pray with a strong feeling of need or hopelessness

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Examples (10)

  • She began to desperately pray for a miracle as the storm worsened.
  • The trapped miners prayed desperately to be found alive.
  • I found him desperately praying by his daughter's hospital bed.
  • They desperately prayed that the war would end soon.
  • Alone in the dark, he prayed desperately for guidance.
  • The villagers desperately prayed for rain during the drought.
  • We prayed desperately that the news was not true.
  • She desperately prayed to God to save her marriage.
  • He fell to his knees and prayed desperately for forgiveness.
  • The family desperately prayed for their missing son's return.