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.