The word "praying" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use the word "praying" to refer to a form of communication with a higher power in which a person expresses words of faith and hope. For example, "The young man was praying in the church."
Then spent the rest of his life praying and giving thanks".
One slice of the Conservative party is secretly praying that the commission opts for Gatwick in the summer.
Labour hopefuls will be praying that the Lib Dems lose both Alexander and Clegg – the two most closely aligned with the Tories.
"With Barnaby Joyce saying he is praying for rain, it's clear we have a government with an Old Testament view of the environment, that man alone can dominate the environment.
Nancy Pelosi is praying for Hillary Clinton to run for the White House in 2016, the former House Speaker said on Friday in an early heavyweight endorsement for the recently retired secretary of state.
People were doing nothing [to resist] they were just praying in the mosque.
And people praying in the new mosque extension will not even be able to see the Kaaba".
Here Piechowski told the guard he was part of a squad taking the rubbish away, praying the guard would not check to see if they were registered.
He once watched seven Lake Oku clawed frogs tear apart a praying mantis that had been unlucky enough to fall into the lake.
As if to preempt any outcry, the building now bears a sign in five languages declaring: "There is no proof that prophet Muhammad was born in this place, so it is forbidden to make this place specific for praying, supplicating or get blessing".
Maybe it's because, thanks to his grandmother, the whole of Argentina had been waiting – praying – for more than 30 years for the day when he would be "found".
