"pray" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

pray verbo

pray + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 8
pray mantis • pray God • pray mantises • pray the prayer • pray several times • ...
verbo + pray
Kolokacji: 9
start praying • begin to pray • begin praying • come to pray • keep praying • ...
pray + preposición
Kolokacji: 21
pray for • pray to • pray with • pray at • pray in • ...
pray + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 27
pray together • pray silently • pray fervently • pray aloud • better pray • ...
(2) regularly, constantly
Kolokacji: 2
(3) privately, publicly
Kolokacji: 2
1. pray privately = pomódl się prywatnie pray privately
2. pray publicly = pomódl się publicznie pray publicly
  • As early as 6 May 1660 he publicly prayed for the king "by periphrasis."
  • During the wedding banquet, a drunken Attalus publicly prayed to the gods that the union would produce a legitimate heir.
  • Benjamin for his part publicly prayed for 'Amr and addressed him with admiration.
  • Romero prayed publicly at length beside his friend's remains, and then buried all three corpses without first seeking government permission - a criminal offence.
  • Play and Pray Should members of a basketball team at a public high school be allowed to pray publicly?
  • But Naudé pressed Christians to continue to publicly pray for detainees, despite government threats of imprisonment.
  • On July 17, 2007, the remembrance day of the Russian Royal Family, several Orthodox groups publicly prayed that the metro station in Moscow might be renamed.
  • At an event nine days ago and again last week, Mr. Fox publicly prayed for peace.
  • The students were so moved that they cancelled classes to go to Blaenanerch where Joshua prayed publicly, O God, bend us.
  • During James II's first year in Ireland, Keating showed himself a staunch loyalist, praying publicly for the king and referring to the revolution as an "invasion".
(4) inwardly, secretly
Kolokacji: 2

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