Sentence examples for pray excuse from inspiring English sources

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If we appear more critical of the government than of the opposition it is only because we believe that – pray excuse cricketing argot – there is no point in bowling to the fielding side.

If we appear more critical of the government than of the opposition it is only because we believe that - pray excuse cricketing argot - there is no point in bowling to the fielding side.

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3 Pray, pray, pray!

Kneeling to pull weeds and sift the soil becomes each day an excuse to pray.

The mullah, barefoot, in a gray suit over a blue-black shirt buttoned to the neck, excuses himself to pray facing a small framed photograph of the Kaaba in Mecca.

He sometimes excused himself from practice to pray, former coach Kevin Emily said. .

They think that I evade praying and make up excuses" [P aged 28].

They sometimes ask -- or demand -- to be excused to attend Friday prayers, or interrupt their work to pray during regular work hours.

The Boston parishioners had become accustomed to Cotton's doctrines, and some of them began disrupting Wilson's sermons, even finding excuses to leave when Wilson got up to preach or pray.

Hutchinson and her allies had become accustomed to Cotton's doctrines, and they began disrupting Wilson's sermons, even finding excuses to leave when Wilson got up to preach or pray.

"Excuse me," he said to a woman with a briefcase and praying-mantis sunglasses — but, before he could explain his purpose, she darted away and leaped into a black sedan.

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