Sentence examples for recalled praying from inspiring English sources

He recalled praying for guidance.

More of a writer than a fighter, multilingual and of an artistic bent, he later recalled praying on his landing craft not only not to be killed but not to have to kill.

He recalls praying to God for a bicycle as a child and having it almost magically appear in his living room.

Twelve-year-old John recalls praying and hoping for the best, convinced that his superstar brother would find some heroic way to make it home.

Monaghan developed a close relationship with a particularly beatific nun, Sister Berarda, who, long afterward, remembered his spiritual temperament: "When he came to chapel," she recalled, "he really prayed".

Former colleagues say they do not recall Mr. Romney praying in the workplace — some say they barely heard the word "God" come from his lips — but he did pray about work from his home.

On her high school basketball team, teammates recalled, Ms. Palin prayed with them before games, and once took part in an ad-hoc church service on a particularly long ferry ride to a game.

I would say that over half the population of Tucson lives without A.C. When I first moved to Arizona, I had a crummy old Toyota whose A.C. was always on the blink, and I recall driving and praying — absolutely praying — that I wouldn't hit a red light and lose the breeze blowing through the open windows.

If you're an automotive company dealing with a massive recall, pray for a bad economy and look to maximize your opportunities.

"We'd get together and make the quilts just like we're praying together," recalled Mary Lee Bendolph, 67, one of 45 Gee's Bend quilt makers whose work goes on view today at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

In his Pentecost remarks last weekend, he cited biblical verses, but he also said with a smile that he sometimes dozed off while praying and recalled how he had been inspired to enter the priesthood by the simple faith of his mother and grandmother.