Sentence examples for pray not only from inspiring English sources

Pokkuri dera, then, are shrines where many of Japan's older people go to pray not only for the long life that they are increasingly coming to expect, but also for a quick and painless death at the end of it.

For those who can pray, they will pray not only for those who suffer but for everyone, civilian, military, politically active or not, and for a greater commitment to peace making and peace keeping in our own neighbourhoods, in our own society as well as on the world stage.

How one should pray — not only which words, if any, to use, but also which postures to inhabit — remains an active conversation in many religious communities, and the yearning to pray "better" or more "effectively" sustains an industry of gurus and guides.

He asked that people pray not only for the victims, their family members and the church community, but also for "the shooter [and] the shooter's family and friends.

On the floor in front of them the sisters were praying, not only kneeling but prostrating themselves before the altar.

Were Ovadiah Yosef to pass on soon, the funeral of the 93-year-old Baghdad-born founder of the Global Sephardic Association of Torah Guardians, better known by its acronym, Shas, could be Israel's biggest ever.His followers are praying not only for him but also for the movement he created.

Mr. Blitz takes part anyway (stutter free), and we learn that a father of one of the contestants, also a stutterer, prayed not only for his son's victory but also that the boy wouldn't falter during "kookaburra" or some such.

In the wake of Oak Creek, Singh reports, Sikhs were praying not only for the victims but even for the shooter -- and for all people.

I pray for not only our nation, but for every nation that is involved in this situation.

As the canary birds of history, Jews will pray this year not only for blessings for our people but for a world that we have all too clearly seen inevitably shares our fate.

Praying is not only asked of you in the bible, but, it also makes you close to God.