Since the bombing last week, my parents have gone to prayers every day. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Father had planned a big old prayer meeting as a welcome ceremony, to prove that God had ensued us here and aimed to settle in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we could eat, she offered a prayer, and we had to bow our heads to hear it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In those days, I fully believed that the salvation of the world depended on every one of my deeds, on every one of my prayers. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to look grave, eyes down, face expressionless, the way people in velorios looked when Papi led them in prayer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe in prayers any more,” I said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We buried her in the cemetery on the hill, the one by the pomegranate tree, and I said a prayer for her too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once again I said a prayer, but this time the words were different. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I feel the bishop’s hand on my head as he murmurs a prayer in Latin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I only know that my soul floated with the holiness of prayer into the sky of dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not think they hear your prayers. And when the Yunkai’i send back the old woman to spit in your eye, what then?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want another prayer meeting or sermon; he wanted something to take the edge off of his hangover. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Always before, Jim and I had carried them into the mountains to bury them and to give them their last rites, a prayer over a rough wooden cross of birch twigs and twine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I head into the final prayer, even my voice has settled down to normal. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He’s holding his clasped hands in pretend prayer, begging, and it’s raining, and the bus is pulling away. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was dreaming that he was at a church event we call a “crusade,” a big prayer gathering. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we could just say something about Harry. It doesn’t have to be a prayer.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Half-blind, the dead unicorn stumbled toward the green rock needle until it reached a depression at its base, where it dropped to the knees of its forelegs in a ghastly parody of prayer. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The breeze lifted, and he smelled the cloves of prayer incense emanating from its arched windows and parapets. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

During electrical storms Big Ma and Ma Charles allowed only the dark, a candle, and prayer, although my sisters and I played Old Maid and Go Fish. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

For these prayer meetings, we’d jam ourselves into the tiny living area of the host family’s house and form a circle. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know it, but she was the answer to my prayer. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But with all things, we start with a prayer. Bow your heads and look to the Lord,” the preacher said. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You and the children are in our prayers. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The man bowed his head as if in prayer. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We all sit in silence until Adelita tells us to hold hands for the closing prayer. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As we had agreed, I joined him in a silent prayer for Allah’s blessings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monks needed math for two things: prayer and money. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You must be mistaken. He’s a good Muslim boy. He comes without fail to Friday prayer, and his knowledge of the Holy Qur’an is coming along nicely.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We took our usual seats a few rows up from the window and joined in the prayers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She took a silent, long breath, and with a prayer for her soul, she signed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He knew she was praying for him and he didn’t want to become one more unanswered prayer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Emerging from prayer is like surfacing from underwater. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But sometimes I walk by the grove and watch Lev pace with his prayer book. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I pull the quilt over my head, murmuring a prayer for my parents, for Bibi, who gave up everything to raise me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the prayers were like muffled cries against a storm which seemed to engulf the world. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Dorus’s special family prayer memorized—“O Lord, join us intimately to one another and let our love for Thee make that bond ever stronger”—Vincent is sent off into the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He’s gasping for breath and mouthing words, but he can’t get the prayer out. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Magdalys thought of the other orphans, now refugees, and sent up a tiny prayer that they were safe somewhere. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, good-bye, Alex. I hope things work out okay for you. I hope your father gets home safely. You’re in my prayers.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I only know a few prayers by heart, but I said all of them to myself. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Wdl,” said the lady, “God, He knows how you will get on. Anyway, I will say a prayer for you while you are fighting.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am going to put a flower in my prayer book. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Nor, any more than a prayer unanswered by God, was it returned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You're doing all right, tell 'em to keep out of this. This is legal and I'll shoot if I have to . . ." "But what about the prayer?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell he’s sitting in his favorite chair in the family room and guess that he recently finished saying his prayers and is reading Quran. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m not to be stopping in chapels to say a prayer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Charles ended his letter with another hope, a most heartfelt prayer: “We must be more and more to each other, my dear wife.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The unaccustomed prayer posture had caused my big toe to swell, and it pained me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pastor Curtis, who had on Sunday proclaimed the Apollo mission an ungodly endeavor, said he’d be taking Wednesday morning prayer service off so he wouldn’t miss the liftoff. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The priest stopped right in the middle of the prayer and extended his right arm in the direction of my mother, who then started speaking in tongues. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But now, see here, look what is happening,” she said, laughing, as if all her prayers had been answered. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how many prayers I had left. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the assembled mourners bowed their heads in prayer, I was divided from them because I believed that the void would not answer back. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Downtown, not too far from the deli. Mo would head there once a week, right after Jummah prayers." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Enjoy your summit with the English delegation,” she tells him flatly, and Alex sends up a vague prayer of thanks for staff NDAs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like many medieval pilgrims, Constance believes that her prayers will be heard if they are spoken in a sacred place — in this case, by a holy well. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

We said our prayers and went to bed next to Trampita. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Kaz had said he didn’t want her prayers and she wouldn’t speak them, but she wished him safe nonetheless. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Members of his congregation were often ticketed for parking improperly around the mosque at Friday prayers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I never forget to include this fish in my prayers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"All right. Now repeat this prayer after me, and go under again. This time, welcome holiness upon you." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“A prayer like that needs a sacrifice,” Thalia said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered that I wasn’t allowed to read, so I closed the prayer book. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lord Gyles, more grey of face than ever, stammered out a tale of seeing the High Septon spilled from his litter, screeching prayers as the crowd swept over him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Just listen to me!” he kept shouting in synagogue, between the prayer at dusk and the evening prayer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She approached the farm as cautiously and as quietly as she had left the island, a prayer on her lips. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the entrance to the same field, a chaplain and his clerk were dousing cases of prayer books and Bibles with petrol. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As we sip the sweet, tart juice through the thinnest straws ever, our cousin says a prayer aloud. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Only I feel it when the child moves while I am reciting prayers with the sisters, “Pray for us, O holy mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"I use the quiet moments to listen to prayers." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I also told him about the preacher and how he was a good man, even if he was too distracted with sermons and prayers and suffering people to go grocery shopping. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There is going to be a prayer at the mosque tonight for the victims of the bombing. We’ll also be doing a fund-raiser. We want you to come,” my mom says. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When I heard the Azan, I said a prayer in my head. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I lifted my arms to the sky in praise and prayer, as did all the people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

We could no longer hear the sounds of Grandma’s prayers or the rain or the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all watched as Danny pulled the prayer shawl his great-uncle had given him around his shoulders. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Encouraged by Father’s good example, Mother pressed her prayer book into my hands. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The prayer over, we took leave of him: he was to go at a very early hour in the morning. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He poured out offerings there, and prayers to Athena. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the seashore, where her owner’s ship lay, she prayed to Poseidon to save her from slavery and the god heard her prayer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After prayers, after lights-out, Jutta sneaks up to her brother’s dormer; instead of drawing together, they lie hip to hip listening till midnight, till one, till two. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My father always reminded me that neither he nor the world owed me a penny or a prayer, though he left me many millions of one and braying echoes of the other. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Samuel,” he says, “you’ve been here a long time. Have you finished your prayers yet?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

During his fifteen minutes of prayers, he spotted Diana walking by, as well as two teachers clearly on their way out of the building. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then we all stood as a prayer was chanted and the Kaddish was said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She gobbled gigantic green vitamin pills, ate lots of fresh oranges and apples, and she had this habit of touching her bulging belly and mumbling a prayer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Kneeling on the ground before Her was a knight in full armor, hands clasped in prayer, his face uplifted toward the Virgin. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had uttered those words to Mr. Pirzada, two simple words I had tried but failed to tell him for weeks, had said only in my prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I knew it was the call to prayer, but I didn’t know what it entailed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe he’s uneasy about the deliverance prayer.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“He personally oversaw the burial. He said a prayer at their grave. It’ll be a token of thanks for his decency.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The girls’ line was neat; they looked like angels in their starched white dresses, each pair of hands holding a white prayer book and a rosary. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed in my winter slumber even after Grandma’s prayer. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Then the minister asked everyone to bow in prayer. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wherefore I beseech thee, Sir Lancelot, to return again unto this realm and see my tomb, and pray some prayer more or less for my soul. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll run messages for old people who can’t walk and if they don’t have a penny to give him a prayer will do. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When the prayer was done, the cleric cleared his throat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man leading the prayer had spoken more advanced Japanese than she could then understand. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

From the stoop, I could hear the rhythmic clicks of her rosary beads and the soft hum of her voice reciting prayers whose music was familiar to me, but whose words I’d never learned. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I said every prayer Amma had sung that I could remember. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He still does his prayers on a little mat that Papa found for him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One of the young marines was holding a prayer book and looking toward heaven, which was a sure Hollywood sign he was about to die with a slug to a vital organ. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A god, maybe? a god from heaven, the answer to her prayer, descending now—to make her his forever? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished praying, I took off the tefillin and put them and the prayer book back in the drawer. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His lips moved quietly, murmuring the words of a prayer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

With a fresh and minty mouth, I got on my knees and began my prayers. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He stood in front of everyone, facing east, vigorously reciting a long sura, and once prayer had started, no one was allowed to say anything that was not related to the performance of the prayer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

No amount of prayer would put him on the Iron Throne, however. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because he bowed his head in prayer at the cafeteria table, even if it was just an ice-cream sandwich? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Instead of getting off my chest, she started to laugh, a deep cackling laugh that vibrated inside my head and made me lose my place in prayer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lessons went on as normal, though each lesson was now preceded by a prayer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“A few relatives and close friends. Beautiful prayers. People gave little speeches about him, and Grandpa Ted and I held hands. Gemma called it very tasteful.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Back in Chantal’s room, I light a tea candle and begin my prayers for my mother. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I learned it in the church I used to go to. You don’t have to wait for a prayer. You say it when somebody says something or does something you really like.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu's father once said the prayers were delusional battles with imaginary traducers, yet he insisted that Ifemelu always wake up early to pray “It keeps your mother happy,” he told her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her common sense told her that her prayers could not possibly have killed the master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If God had any justice, I thought, tromping up and down the hilly road, he would answer my prayers for Mr. Zielinski. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As we were seconds away from taking the leap, the multitude of prayers that left the plane were palpable. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I wondered if they were tolling a call to arms or to prayer. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He held it between his palms and said a prayer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

After speaking her last word Miss Volker bowed her head in prayer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Many of the ‘ordinary’ prayers of the mass were generally recognizable to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sowing season, a time of great joy and solemn sacrifice and prayer. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t they? Tsar Kazimir is working with me to turn them into a monastery. That way, we can provide a place for study and prayer, away from the business of the city.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We even said a prayer for you before we ate. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After the story he takes us upstairs and kneels with us while we say our prayers.We say the Our Father, three Hail Marys, God bless the Pope. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I fling myself back down on the prayer mat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He intoned a prayer and ended by sprinkling holy water over ElViejo. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

More whispered words: prayer sounds, begging, an exhalation of storm and salt terror. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, after his prayers, Zeitoun made his way to the dogs across the street and fed them more of the dog food Todd had acquired for his rescued pet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Still, besides having extra prayers I couldn’t think of anything the King had made me do that I didn’t want to. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped I hadn’t used up a prayer I didn’t have to. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Belky was growing up, night after night, year after year, she had the same prayer. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The swordpoint is my priest The dance of death is my prayer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I finished adjusting the hand strap and opened the prayer book. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Their reading consisted of work manuals, prayer books, newspapers, recipes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad stood up and looked down over me with his hand on the crown of my head as if he were saying a prayer in church. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Later, when he found out that the House of David had a special prayer service for Keeping Your Husband, he had felt unsettled. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I turned the word over in my throat like a stone; a prayer I couldn’t add breath to, a world I wasn’t willing to release. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A few tales, names recited as solemnly as the words of a prayer, the fading memory of a red door . . . was Vaes Dothrak to be her home forever? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I have all those prayers I promised if I caught the fish, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, upon finishing my prayers, I would turn and catch sight of Father or Mother or Ravi observing me, until they got used to the sight. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“God lives, child. He does live. He does listen to prayers,” she sobbed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Social Studies I do a project on Tibet, where there are prayer wheels and reincarnation and women have two husbands, and for Science I do different kinds of seeds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I started yelling at the top of my lungs, and I insulted him and told him not to waste his prayers on me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They would frown at me for reading prayers and meditations when they preferred to gossip. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Religion neither convinced nor moved him, and after hours of sitting in a pew, muttering prayer after prayer, he was in desperate need of some fresh air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Here, in this context, it’s neither prayer nor command, but a sad graffiti, scrawled once, abandoned. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well. Go to sleep. Give Mother a kiss. Did you say your prayers?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, she stirs awake and mutters a prayer in Arabic. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The spirits, the manitous who lived in all things, why had they ignored her prayers, her mother’s prayers, and the powerful prayers of Nokomis? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

As the first prayer ended and I closed the first knot, the rain stopped completely and the rest of the lechuzas screeched in pain and flew into the barn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Kaz managed to endure it all the way past the iron railings of Zentzbridge, the grating covered in little bits of rope tied in elaborate knots, sailors’ prayers for safe return from sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“My old eyes are not what they used to be,” my grandmother said, in the shy humble voice she reserved for prayers and for total strangers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Despite my prayers, when the day of embarkation came and they took us down to the pier, I felt as if I was being sent to my doom. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rooster continued his calls long after Father’s prayers were over. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

They each knelt by the bed and said a prayer and kissed Eugene’s forehead. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Baba usually reminds me to pray the isha prayer, but he’s too busy putting the twins to bed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We did not sing it, but chanted it together like a prayer. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the prayer rug with her legs curled beneath her, as the thread of dawn appears against the horizon. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I saw the words of the shamans hang in the frigid air as they chanted the traditional prayer together. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Just have patience,” he added, “and keep praying, for Allah answers our prayers, in one way or another.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“After so long a silence, it is unlikely our prayers will be answered. I have asked his best surviving friend to do the final honors.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Volker lowered her head in prayer and after a quiet space of time, when she once more began to speak, her voice had dropped as if a shadow had passed over her heart. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Please do keep me in your—what is it American politicians say?—thoughts and prayers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then they all knelt down, and their father said a long prayer. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whispered a prayer of thanks, then went back inside, turned out the lights, and crawled into bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

For the evening reading before prayers, he selected the twenty-first chapter of Revelation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Deprecate used to mean “ward off by prayer,” meticulous once meant “timid,” and silly went from “blessed” to “pious” to “innocent” to “pitiable” to “feeble” to today’s “foolish.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The race caller made the somber announcement and asked the crowd to stand in prayer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts his prayer anyway, says the words that should make everyone grateful. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Emma took the children to church, though during the Trinity prayer, which proclaimed God as three in one—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—she turned away from the altar in disagreement. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

How I am someone’s answered prayer but also someone’s deferred dream. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t have a problem with a good prayer. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Honey Mine, please, I think it would be lovely if you lit the candles on Friday night and just thought a silent prayer for your Lover,” he wrote soon after his departure. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hands clapping, happy tears flowing, prayers, both small and impossible, heard and answered. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He summoned up a very moving prayer, then murmured “Amen.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That won’t be necessary, Charlotte. I’m sure Abilene will have quite enough help. Now let us stand for prayer.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ma finished her prayers and came in to say good night. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we join hands in the living room like we always do, under the framed poster of the Ten-Point Program, and Daddy leads us in prayer. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As Mr. Muhammad had taught me, I would start by reading over the casket of the departed brother or sister a prayer to Allah. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest recites the Latin prayers and sprinkles the coffin with holy water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“For my head, for the Muslim prayers, you know,” she says, draping the scarf around her hair. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When dinner’s ready, we sit down and say our prayer. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And his voice got really loud when he started explaining how, first, he’d have to say a special prayer to deliver me from the evil residing within me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He kisses each of us on the forehead, tells us be good boys, obey Mam, say our prayers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We threw blankets over our shoulders, like prayer shawls. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet the great public prayer of the mass would go on. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that God prefers prayers to tears.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer said a prayer to the Fates, thinking of the disappeared captain of the Pole Star, and followed her in. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I slid to the floor in my nightgown and began by saying my prayers, very fervently. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Leo hit the buttons on the Archimedes sphere, muttered a prayer to his dad, Hephaestus, and the Celestial bronze console hummed to life. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if I was saying it as a prayer or muttering it as a way to push down the fear. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We said some prayers and put our sweet home in God’s protection. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, a thousand pardons, little brown-noser. If I’d only known that it was a prayer for the first game. There’s nothing in the world as tacky as a basketball game.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ruthanne,” I said, “I feel terrible about Emmett I don’t know what I can do or say. I wish I could have...I’ll remember him and his family in my prayers.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Didn’t that do as well as a regular prayer? Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep it fed with prayers and fresh rocks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sidewalks, shops, taverns, churches, and theaters once again filled with people and buzzed with talk and prayer and gossip. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It’s a prayer we say over challah, thanking God for the bread we eat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He had given each one of us a quiz, asking us to answer questions on the catechism lessons or to recite prayers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s because I’ve been emptied; or maybe it’s the body’s way of seeing to it that I remain alive, continue to repeat its bedrock prayer: I am, I am. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her convent is a place of chaste simplicity, with none of the luxuries whispered of in some nunneries: eating from gold plates, drinking wine, entertaining men, and neglecting the hours for prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After prayers, breakfast in summer was usually dry cereal and fresh milk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is scant opportunity for private prayer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She believed my prayers were more powerful, because I prayed in English. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He found him again at prayer in the temple of Vishnu, where he related to him stories about Vishnu and Lakshmi. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ended each namaz with her head hung low, hands held before her face, palms up, muttering a prayer for God to bring victory to the Mujahideen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

This was a tribulation; Isaac wanted sorely the camaraderie of his heretic congregation, their sweet witness; he missed the singing and tears, the prayers of love and fellow-feeling, the entreaties of sorrow assuaged. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

We all stand in the backyard, Hassan, Ali, Baba, and I. The mullah recites the prayer, rubs his beard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote this on a piece of paper, dropped it into the prayer box, and began to fantasize about how they would arrive, in a package from Sears, Roebuck. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my prayers, I did not ask for things, but instead, thanked God for things. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She said her penance using her mother-of-pearl rosary to keep count of the prayers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waren’t saying it all riled up and worried or scared and mad like you’d expect someone that got shot would say it, he was saying it like it was a surprised little prayer. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Truly, the gods had heard Jon's prayer that night; the fire had caught in the dead man's clothing and consumed him as if his flesh were candle wax and his bones old dry wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“All the coast. You and your family will be in my prayers.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Most often I unrolled my prayer rug in a comer of the yard behind the house. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And in spite of myself, a prayer formed inside me, a prayer to this God in whom I no longer believed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has to be exhausting, hanging on a wall like that all day and all night, listening to so many people’s complaints and prayers. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Reverend Crump told Poppy he wished they could say a prayer in Hebrew for him. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As though our silent prayers to stay in Greenville will be answered if we do what we know is right. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I say a quick prayer that Mama wasn’t paying attention and that she won’t sign me up as everyone gets up and stands in neat rows. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The prayer was long and dramatic, full of the preachy punches in between each point. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Opa leads the family in a mealtime prayer, and then bowls and spoons are passed out. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I recited family prayers—not from any book. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain of the Meadowlark led his crew in a prayer for the souls of their slain shipmates. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The words were like a prayer with him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I whispered a prayer of thanks before I managed a few last minutes of studying for my exam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This was by far the biggest prayer meeting we’d ever had—the biggest thing that had ever happened in the history of our home, period. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I said a prayer and stepped into it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I know I’m not a very good Muslim, but I hope my prayers are heard. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

So Fadi had knelt extra long on the prayer mat at the mosque, asking Allah for Mariam’s protection and for help in winning the competition. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But at times like this she wished she could be at the church, sending her prayers to heaven in hopes that someone would hear her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They say prayers, turn their mirrors down, sit on boxes for seven days, and cover their heads. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he left the room and the double doors closed, Pinkie whispered, “If those prayers get any longer, I’m gonna quit believin’ in God.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night my mom and I were at a prayer meeting and she took me aside. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She touches his nose with the cross on her rosary beads and says a little prayer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Miracles and answers to prayer thus become entirely subjective experiences; objectively, there is nothing there, apart from a coincidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Muhammad told Amu to ask the monster to lead prayers at the mosque? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Standing above the crowd with his arms tied behind his back, he loudly read his dying prayer from a paper held in front of him by a clergyman. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At prayer meeting she moaned and sighed over Cholly’s ways, and hoped God would help her keep the children from the sins of the father. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just sat there, watching me, one hand drumming the upholstery, the other twirling turquoise blue prayer beads. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The late hour and the repetition of the prayers made me sleepy. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was awakened every dawn for prayer by the distant cry of azan, after which she crawled back into bed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Every evening at dusk he heard a conch shell being blown in the house next door to signal the hour for prayer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bartholomew would harangue them until the bell tolled for sext, the midday prayers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When the prayers were finished, Robin pulled on the faded hood, tucked the leather thong inside it, and followed the friar. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I say a prayer of thanks to the god of synesthesia for both the experience and for making the experience fade away. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I already knew most of my prayers by memory. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The machines talk as they print out the prayers; if you like, you can go inside and listen to them, the toneless metallic voices repeating the same thing over and over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said my prayers, trying to push it away with ritual, but it kept oozing back round the worn edges of the words. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner figured the prayer didn’t rise much off the table this time. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Right in the middle of a prayer, he walked away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dukakis, with his painfully methodical, low-key approach, didn’t have a prayer. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the vision was close enough to the real thing to bring her hands to her chest, to fold them as if in prayer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“My father sends me with prayers for your goodwill,” she said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She ends each prayer the same way: “You are the one who makes this work possible.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I head to the mosque for prayer, stopping first at the bathroom to do wudu. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Nommo comes from the mouth, like water vapor, he said: a song, a poem, a scream, a prayer, a name, all these are nommo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how I calculated it, you can be sure I said a prayer of thanks that it was all paid for. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

At that time, I had learned those prayers phonetically. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dream I awoke and looked at the prayer card. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know where I’d be now without their strong sense of family and their constant prayers for each of us. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So save your prayers for good weather and stupid guards. Just leave me out of it.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That night I prayed for sunshine, but my prayers were not answered. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My grandmother and I even said our prayers at home. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pat sleeps in a small bed in a corner of the same room where Grandma can make sure he comes in at a proper hour and kneels by the bed to say his prayers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She burst into prayer every time the truck jerked or stumbled into a pothole, her “Bismillah!” peaking with each of the truck’s shudders and jolts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got the tefillin and prayer book out of the drawer of the night table and began to put on the tefillin. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t think, just held and knew that he was praying but didn’t know what the prayer was—knew that he wanted to be, stay and be, and then the wind moved to the lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Watermelon Feed began with a prayer by one of the pastors at Temple Baptist Church, the biggest church in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits up there, working her lacy handkerchief as if it’s prayer beads. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shocked, I turned to the twins, but they were too engrossed in prayer to see what I was seeing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like saying any prayers that night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After some time walking, Marmeluc says, “What kind of prayer was that you were saying?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly my attention was drawn to what the prayer ladies were saying. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My earliest memory of the mosque is being here with my parents during Ramadan for special nightly prayers when I was three or four. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tyrion was less certain about the captain, who always emerged for the evening prayers but took no other part in them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Jaja said grace, and at the end he added a short prayer for Mama. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Roberto and I went to our room, said our prayers, and went to bed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The repetitive, barely audible prayers of his mother. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

After a prayer was said, Sourmelina brought the priest a candle burning on a plate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My last memory of that night was the question, Why is he saying the baby prayer? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stir the pot and tell her, “Sara, I have the answer to our recipe prayers.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When she saw our faces, her own became as pale as death: for a second or two her eyes were closed as if she were in secret prayer; and then she said cheerfully:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Pong's fingers trembled where they pressed together in prayer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He puts words to the prayers I cannot speak: “Please take James’s soul into heaven with You, because he was just an innocent child.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mother’s letters said, Say your prayers and Don’t wear heels because they make you too tall clipped to a check for thirty-five dollars. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe these letters are my own form of prayer. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But by far the greatest responsibility was to respond to the priest in memorized Latin prayers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gathered there were individuals from all over the world, from all walks of life, come to break bread and say a few prayers together. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Benny Quinto led prayer circles in his living room and offered to smoke with anyone who needed to calm their nerves. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Stella stopped and watched, then looked to the heavens and gave a simple prayer of thanks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You pick the one you want, punch in the number, then punch in your own number so your account will be debited, and punch in the number of times you want the prayer repeated. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver alternated his responses to them—first curses, then prayers for the time when he would be rid of us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And in the mornings he would go to synagogue to say Kaddish—the memorial prayer for the dead—for his mother. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We greeted them and Padre de Jesus explained that we were on a retreat, so if they had any special requests they wanted us to remember in our prayers, please let us know. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without warning Grandpa started reciting the Kaddish, the Hebrew prayer for the dead, from memory. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Every night, the same prayers: Why couldn't I have been born into a family where my parents loved each other and were happy for their kids? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

These things you did were like prayers; you did them and you hoped they would save you. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood heads down, as in prayer, unable to see me back in the coal. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Likely as not it was Sunday,” she laughed; “and I was running away from prayers, from the Presbyterian service, read in a spirit of gloom by my father that chills me yet to think of.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a well-worn prayer in Honduras, especially by children whose mothers have just left them to head north. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Upstairs in his office there is a brass Ganesha sitting cross-legged next to the computer, a wooden Christ on the Cross from Brazil on a wall, and a green prayer rug in a comer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one in Henrietta’s family ever saw a Hopkins doctor without visiting the Jesus statue, laying flowers at his feet, saying a prayer, and rubbing his big toe for good luck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I hoped my prayer would be accepted in silence. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her opening number was “America,” and the words “sweet land of liberty” poured from her almost as a prayer. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Door-to-door. We only rested for food and prayer,” the Talib said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had begun to leam the prayers in Arabic; now, my biggest prayer difficulty was physical. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learn songs, foundations of religion, a prayer or two. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He would take the mirror and tell us what his mother had told him, that the devil shone mirrors too, shone them to distract Muslims during prayer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the back of the church, the children from Riverside School streamed in, their hands clasped as if in prayer. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After prayer, Sausun gets into bed and watches me for a while as I put away my laptop, before turning over to face the wall on her side of the room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

So I know it’s not a shimmer and in the shakiness I can just about catch him still kneeling, praying some prayer, and Viola laid out on the ground in front of him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And God was amused; my prayer did not ring true with Him. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They faced the morning sun and began their pujas, reciting their prayers and making their offerings of flowers or grain. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Wishing for Cecile to stay was as good as throwing a wish away on prayers that had been answered. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Please, she thought, fervent—a kind of prayer to the bitter brew itself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Planting season would begin again in two moons’ time, and the people now turned their prayers to the next year’s harvest. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was the only prayer he could think of, no matter how inadequate it might be. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He bowed his head as though in prayer, although praying was very far from the activities Matt associated with the man. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma stares at the prayer shawl—Rabbi Gold told me it’s called a tallit—draped over the back of the swivel chair. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She collected prayer cards and missals engraved with gold initials and filled glass jars with holy water, which she later used to baptize Ilda Limon’s chickens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell him I said he better behave. Or I put him on my prayer list.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He pressed his hands, as if in prayer, against his nose. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rope was thick in my hands, and I could feel the holy prayers that it held. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

With no small amount of concern, I spelled out my situation in daily prayer. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They hanged him from the branch of an oak tree with still two hours to go before afternoon prayer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He fell forward on his knees, like a man saying his prayers just as a heavy-set man in a hat with a turned-down brim stepped from around the newsstand and yelled a protest. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men with religion emerge to say Kaddish, the mourner's prayer, as the dirt is packed over and patted down. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Martin’s father had needed the almanacs to plan for the full moon—the books held prayers for runaways. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We must spend the Sabbath in prayer that God will grant us patience.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Gods and goddesses could not be bothered with hearing prayers from mortals; that was why Father Olufemi held shukrani services to receive and relay prayers on the people’s behalf. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the midst of one prayer, smoke issued from the lectern and I thought we had gone too far but it turned out to be a short circuit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did pray, two more prayers, as I had told my notebook. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When George Bush came to Midland-Odessa he didn’t go quite as far, but it was the family and school prayer and allegiance to the flag that he highlighted over and over. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if the gods of burned cities could still answer prayers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Or, “Starr saw her best friend die, keep her in your prayers, but my baby made the honor roll again. #Blessed.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I send up a prayer that Reverend Hunt’s sermon will save Captain Smith from his hanging. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

And just before he would go to sleep at night, he would close his eyes tighter than I’ve ever seen and whisper prayers after crossing his chest. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She spun around, faking a stoic face, lifting her arms in staggered motions to the sky, then bowing into a prayer pose. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I leave my parents to their hopes and prayers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In the prayer following the chapter, all his energy gathered—all his stern zeal woke: he was in deep earnest, wrestling with God, and resolved on a conquest. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the decks of ships and the shores of Pacific islands, Marines, sailors, and soldiers knelt and wept together in prayer services for our fallen president. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night, when my uncle and aunt returned from prayers, all my new family gathered around a cassette player on the verandah to listen to stories. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mama rises shortly after for the dawn prayers, and I also hear Thaya Jaan running the water in the hall bathroom. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“All these blessings and prayers,” he blurted, pointing at the bracelets. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Everything I did felt heavy and difficult—drying the dishes, kneeling for evening prayers, even pulling down the sheets to get into bed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tonight is for prayer. For the family. For the lawyers on the case. I understand your anger, but, son—” “Prayer? You mean y’all just gonna sit around and pray about it?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"A smiley face, just a little something," Ma suggested, followed by hugs, kisses, and of course, a prayer. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She talked to God like a real friend, and taught me to talk to Him, too, in prayer and even by writing letters to Him sometimes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They line up silently, eyes downcast, bony fingers counting the beads of the rosary, lips mumbling prayers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My prayers will be with you and your family,” Father Franco said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I knew the prayer to be uttered when the pilgrim’s eyes first perceive the Ka’ba. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, everyone in the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg— the men out there scouring the continent for hidden libraries, concealed prayer scrolls, closeted impressionist paintings—will be handed rifles and sent into the fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Actually, it’s my arms and legs, too,” I say, looking at my T-shirt and shorts, feeling exposed, wishing Mom’s coverall prayer outfit would suddenly appear. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And God did not hear the prayers of the fearful, for the hearts of the fearful held no belief. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then he wrote their home phone number, sending up a quick prayer that his sisters wouldn’t be the ones to answer the phone if anyone called with bad news. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She attended the prayer meeting for Yule May that Aibileen hosted weeks ago, but she belongs to a different church. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was nothing the Mission Control engineers could do, other than offer silent prayers, until the capsule came back into contact. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Her husband, a burly man in baggy pants and sky blue turban, cradled an infant in one arm and thumbed prayer beads with his free hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Prayer after prayer I prayed, seven Lord’s Prayers and seven Holy Marys, and it seemed that each one of those knots took away just a little bit more of that whirlwind's strength. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They felt that Cassius hadn’t a prayer of a chance to win. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve already imagined the people who would be at my side, and those in front of me, and the conversations and prayers we would share. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No protection but silence, no protection but dark hiding places, wings, and prayers.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The fezzes, the prayer rugs, the crescent moons: it was a little like going home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After weeks of prayer, I decided to take a leave of absence from my career and join the fight overseas. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She used to be sweet on Son Black herself, so I reckon she knew what she was talking about when she added, “Son’s right nice-lookin’ and smart, but his mouth sure isn’t any prayer book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After one last short prayer, church was quickly dismissed. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Lets you in to say a prayer for his poor wife and next thing you’re out the window with the sherry and the ham.Your poor mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cletus had dropped by on his way home from prayer meeting. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He mixed and poured his offering, repeating prayers to Athena, daughter of royal Zeus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mudgett’s parents were devout Methodists whose response to even routine misbehavior relied heavily on the rod and prayer, followed by banishment to the attic and a day with neither speech nor food. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Because the candles were nearly impossible to find even on the black market, she blew them out immediately after the prayers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

An announcer’s voice then came over the public address system, asking the sellout crowd of eleven thousand to rise for the prayer, which everyone eagerly did. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sisters say the prayer of the Virgin, I am the mother of beautiful love, and of fear, and of greatness, and of holy hope, I picture Mother Ermentrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And so she passes over the crowded parking lot, but not before saying a silent prayer for the souls below. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The prayers went slowly; the man at the podium had a fine voice and waited until each portion of the service had been completed by everyone before he began to chant. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“For the remainder of this week, if you have an open class hour because of the departure of our faculty members, you are to come to chapel for prayer and contemplation. A cruce salus.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Frau Elena adds a second prayer for the vice minister’s benefit. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My grandmother had convinced me that my prayers got answered. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But Jaja glued his eyes to the window, and except for muttering the prayers, he was silent until we got to Enugu. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He says the prayers of one child like us are worth more in heaven than the prayers of ten cardinals and forty bishops. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She should have known it could go bad, what with the prayer and Henry’s hand on hers, and inside that the dark kernel of before. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

On Sunday afternoons, for a guilty few minutes, I’d watch an Oral Roberts prayer meeting on television. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said a prayer that it was paid for. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The monster, who has the whole Qur’an memorized, has been invited to say a few prayers and then disappear upstairs so the girls can “relax.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Hush, Lina. Let’s say our prayers and give thanks for that wonderful meal. Let’s pray that your father is just as well.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes her stories are interrupted by calls to prayer or work, but the next day she easily picks up the thread again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Though his siblings worshiped in a variety of ways, Zeitoun was perhaps the most devout, missing none of his daily prayers. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When we heard recordings of Nasser’s voice or speeches, we became silent as though we were hearing prayers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Dimple said a little prayer that she’d win a thousand-dollar lottery, turned off her monitor, adjusted her ratty gray salwar kameez, and made her way downstairs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We will have prayer, led by Brother Bishop.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced upwards, raised her hands as though in prayer. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, I’m planning to beg forgiveness on my prayer mat for the next year. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Anya expected everyone to go to the table then, like her family always did, and say their quick prayer over the wine and bread. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When we heard her screams and throes in the night, when her wrists were bound with ropes and stinging poultices pressed upon her, we named her in our prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I mention this because the opening prayer of one of the ministers has stayed with me over these many years and was a source of strength at a difficult time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such prayers could rise no higher than the lips that uttered them. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ellaria Sand had closed her eyes and was murmuring a prayer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Uncharacteristically I did feel sorry for him and found myself saying ameen out loud after a particularly long prayer he muttered. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Bells call them to vespers, to matins, to noonday prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She murmured a prayer, “Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to You and You’ve got to see me through.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that upon realizing that the rebels were in the village, everyone quickly and silently left the mosque, one at a time, leaving the imam by himself as he stood there leading the prayer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

All swords out now, all shields up to the nose, all prayers said, all teeth clenched. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at me sort of pityingly, and I wondered if he was about to join the prayer campaign for my soul. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I end my prayers with a special wish. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My prayer book is just a blue notepad I pick up at the Ben Franklin store. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My second prayer wasn’t said with just words. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m usually in the back of the prayer hall.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Martin had asked for prayers on Sunday for those about to enlist. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I focused my eyes away from inward prayer only to zero in on Lucy Raleigh, Miss Everyone Else, shopping at Korvettes with her mother. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Then I ran into this water monster. He told me that the Holy Beings hear your prayers. And he told me to tell you ‘Enemy Way.’” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Here all was peace, all silence except for the chanted prayers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise from the riverside made it impossible to hear the prayers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Usually our prayer before dinner is really fast. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I bowed to my prayer book and read the words without comprehending them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Imagine, being a Muslim minister, a leader in Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam, and not knowing the prayer ritual. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer did Saturday soup prayers make me feel joyous and peaceful because now I knew the truth. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Let me say a prayer before we begin lunch,” said Uncle Amin an hour later. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Like a prayer wheel goin’ round and round,” said Mr. Nancy. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Who else will my prayers accompany to the land of death? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the American boat, Don Hume bowed his head as if in prayer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Besides, he frequently went to Wednesday-night prayer meetings and sang with the sweetest hill voice imaginable “In the Sweet By-and-By.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was crowded when they entered; Catelyn was not alone in her need for prayer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My prayers had nothing to do with weather. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For the record,” he said, “I save my prayers for after work. That’s when I’m feeling contrite. Why not work on our guilt and shame together? What do you say, sweetheart?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I brought the mirror upward to my forehead, I closed my eyes, said a silent prayer, and quickly opened them. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then there’s a long prayer, about unworthy vessels, then a hymn: “There Is a Balm in Gilead.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish there were a prayer to ask for another small miracle, a small light to revive the friendship Sara felt for me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

After prayer Aunt Maggie told us that she and Professor Matthews were leaving soon for the North. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The muffled drums now beating, now steadily rolling, spread a dead silence upon the air, a prayer tor the unknown soldier. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more I sounded out their names, the more they sounded like prayers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Katie was having a prayer said for the repose of Johnny’s soul. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke dances across her face, then travels up around her head as if it’s saying a prayer over her thoughts and memories. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They send salty prayers up to Allah or the contents of their heaving bellies down to the fish. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I grab my favorite scarf while Mustafa spreads out colorful prayer rugs over the carpet. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to say now; it was the hour of waiting, the hour of prayer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pastor, at a key point in his prayer, started. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Against the waxy green foliage, melon-breasted Hindu women bent over double, offering up orifices like prayers to the well-endowed men who answered them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In search of a little company and warmth, Ferula climbed into bed beside her, careful not to wake her up and whispering silent prayers so that the tremors would not become a fullblown quake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him mutter a prayer under his breath—he always said a prayer when his son left the house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This incident of the master’s death following so swiftly after her reiterated plea, Kill him, Lord, left her with the conviction that prayer was always answered. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’d utter a quick prayer and plunge the knife blade into the cow’s neck. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was able to relieve her anxiety—or at least bear it—through prayer. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emphasis is on the communal prayer, communal identity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said the prayer after meals while we still had food on our plates and then asked us to keep eating, he would be right back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was about 8:00 p.m., when people were performing the last prayer of the day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

You repeat the prayers for nine days in a row, and by the end you’re supposed to see a merciful shift in whatever situation you’ve been praying about. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She fought it, delayed its full impact until the party was done and the guests had gone, until she’d fed the children and bathed them and heard their prayers. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

We close our eyes and the Deacon leads us in a prayer for the Everses, for Myrlie, for the sons. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Please have your offerings ready so that as many prayer requests can be received as possible!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My grandmother always told me that she loved my prayers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“God has heard our prayers,” said Kushal, stroking the cub’s head as he held her. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll say a prayer for you, Officer,” said one pious Muslim whom I had stopped from taking extra coffee cake early that summer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What Would Wonder Woman Do?” she said, like a prayer. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I could see it in his eyes the same way I could see Big Ma filling up with prayer even when she wasn’t saying a word. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And we pray the same way at the same times, waking to the sound of the call for prayer floating in from the nearby mosque. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His ear focused on the howl of the aircraft and an unformed prayer arose in him that this engine retain its demon whine, its savage articulation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the prayer he sprinkled some water on the ground to invite the spirits of the ancestors. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But I whisper, “You know!” under my breath anyway as a sort of prayer. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She pushed on doors, muttering panicked prayers, her face moist with tears, until one opened, and she saw, with relief, the outhouse, the well, the toolshed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In fearful awe they led the bulls to sacrifice and stood about the altar stone, those captains, peers of Phaiakia, led by their king in prayer to Lord Poseidon. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Gran’s gaze drifted in that direction—a yard covered in half-clothed dolls, every sports ball imaginable, and patches of trampled grass—she mumbled a prayer to save their souls, or maybe her mood. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I wonder tiredly whose prayers will be heard tonight, hers or mine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lev finishes his morning prayers and folds the shawl as if handling a newborn baby. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Before they eat, Brother Worbs kneels and clasps his hands in prayer. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t get to think about it for long as the sound of the adhan plays from the mosque-shaped clock in the den, filling the air with the call for the day’s last prayer. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he began to talk; he never went to sleep without talking first and he seemed to feel that prayers lasting more than three minutes were showing off. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held to my thoughts and prayers that no matter who was elected, God was in charge. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So they had forgotten morning prayers, had they? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he is buried with our prayers in the holy earth of the pueblo’s graveyard, along with others of our family. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

As long as she was only gone, there was a chance their prayers for her return would be answered. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Birdsong always arranged dead hands like in prayer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the hush of the prayer hall, with its crystal chandelier, gold trim, and big plaques with Arabic calligraphy decorating the walls, a familiar calm washes over me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When something big is wrong—like when the twins were born so small and couldn’t breathe on their own—she lights our Caridad del Cobre candle and says her prayers in her own words. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Jacob, meanwhile, stared in wonder at the mezuzah—the tiny prayer scroll that hangs on the doorframe of a Jewish home. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

One prayer brought God up to date on current events with a view to their revision. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time she seemed to sing her prayers instead of muttering them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in his long prayer shawl, its silver trim bathed in sunlight, its fringes dangling almost to the floor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“So I confess only that I have neglected my prayers, which is a fault most common -with us.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She clasped her hands the way she did in prayer. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment of silent prayer, the man and woman rose again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Morning and night prayers were always peppered with songs, Igbo praise songs that usually called for hand clapping. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alex thought about all the prayers he had said in the past four months and how few had been granted. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The minister, a man of iron with tool-steel eyes and a delivery like a pneumatic drill, opened up with prayer and reassured us that we were a pretty sorry lot. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘My dad hasn’t answered any prayers, or appeared in any dreams ... I mean, all the gods have been silent, but this isn’t like Apollo. Something’s wrong.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mom says, “You give me cooking lessons. Jewish apple cake, charoset for Passover, challah—the recipe and the prayers. I want to learn. Will you teach me, Nadya?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Sunday afternoon Mr. Lapham was not only going to the second service, as usual, but there was to be a meeting of the deacons, a cold supper afterward, and a prayer service at the pastor’s. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother wanted to have a place on the charts for saying prayers, but Dad said as far as he was concerned prayers were voluntary. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said good morning to the beautiful gray horse, the great soft eyes, said a silent prayer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now we’re going to offer up a prayer for your healing, son, believing that God’s gon’ mend you,” the pastor said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One night, I fell asleep in the necessary and woke with a fervent prayer of thanks that I had not fallen in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I think I still prefer surgery. And in this case especially, with this, uh . . . background, I'm not so sure that I don't believe in the effectiveness of simple prayer." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me I heard the rise and fall of an old-fashioned prayer such as I hadn't heard since leaving the campus; and then only when visiting country preachers were asked to pray. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa, who sat between Aunt Loma and Miss Love, glared hard at Brother Jones, and the preacher said, “Let us bow our heads a-gain in prayer.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The prayer does press the reset button on Nancy, at least for a few minutes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Religions bring the sacred into our lives with Gothic churches, Muslim mosques, Hindu ashrams, Torah scrolls, Tibetan prayer wheels, priestly cassocks, candles, incense, Christmas trees, matzah balls, tombstones and icons. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a matter for praise and it’s a matter for prayer.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a prayer that he had never said before, because it was a prayer without words or pleas. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No promises, no wishes, and no prayers were going to make any difference. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun knew their prayers were arousing interest from the guards, but he and Nasser did not pause. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It would be the usual prayers, then the Yulemas prayers, then the sermon, then the songs, and then the procession of the gods. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Aibileen, for having us in your home for prayer.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Those meetings introduced him to an even more promising pool of like-minded Christians, the New Canaan Group, a Friday morning prayer breakfast typically attended by more than a hundred investment bankers and other professionals. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

This was the prayer of Athena— granted in every particular by herself. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And—to make a long story short—after a while the little pilgrim becomes proficient with the prayer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Did you say your prayers? but if you ask them did they say their prayers you might be hit on the head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I see an Aaron kneeling down in prayer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

We were so busy, I barely noticed the call to evening prayers from the minaret in the distance or the sun setting outside our window. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I offered prayers to Christ, who is alive. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cooking pots and the kettle were rimmed with opening prayers. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The air brisded with comments and questions, and by the time the Keeper finished her closing prayer that night, everyone had agreed that Garvey should explore to see whether the plan might actually work. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The car moved deeper into the Georgia countryside, prayer breaking out of the windows in wavering harmonics spilling into the ditches and moccasin strung creeks of the pine counties outside of Atlanta. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taller than Uncle Turu by a head, it had protected and fertilized our crops and received our prayers and sacrifices from the time of our ancestors. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Bowing my shaved head in front of my father's portrait, I repeat the age-old Bangla prayers in a strong and steady voice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled my rosary from my pocket, kissed the crucifix, and started the prayer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Qur’an asked that Muslims wash themselves before their prayers, and there was no means of doing so here. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In the midst of these men assembled for prayer, I felt like an observer, a stranger. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bowed my head, and if this was prayer, then you could say I prayed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy says it’s useless saying prayers for a dog, how do you know he was even a Catholic? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"The Seven have never answered my prayers. Perhaps the old gods will." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A whisper moved through the congregation, followed by the rustle of pages as prayer books were opened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Tom’s father broke the news to Nichols, who was in his cell, deep in prayer. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As the sermon began, I felt guilty that I didn’t have my mind on prayer. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herb would have told them that he was speaking the truth, convinced them that he, Paul Helm, was a man who “said his prayers and earned his bread.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am there as we say our prayers. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But she felt that her prayer was of no use. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised when the prayer we said after dinner each night, the one with the beads, started up of its own accord and recited itself in the back reaches of my head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows that his belly, his lungs, his tired legs, his appetites, his prayers and his mind are cherished in some profound involvement with nature and God. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room overlooked a prayer garden that Rameel had designed and built for the church. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Singing cut through the wind like laughter through a prayer. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He whispered a prayer to the nameless gods of the wood, and slipped his dirk free of its sheath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As I walked, I built it back up with prayer, hung the door on its creaky hinges, nailed the floorboards down, fitted the transoms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She makes the sign of the cross and folds her hands in a quick prayer. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and say a little prayer to Khalid. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The minister at Vince’s mother’s church mentioned my name and had the congregation say a special prayer for me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said a quick prayer and gently unfurled the negatives from the roll of film he’d shot over the weekend. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I would like to be baptized and I would like a prayer rug.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A word of her prayer drifted to his ears. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She could feel his warm breath against her skin, and Juana whispered her combination of prayer and magic, her Hail Marys and her ancient intercession, against the black unhuman things. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pass the prayer hall, far behind Muhammad, who bounds ahead to join Saint Sarah, I see the visiting youth groups inside, in two huddles, prepping. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

After my daddy said a prayer, she draped two more of the checked feed sacks over his body and then, hesitating only a moment, covered his face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After her prayer, her faith was so great that she saw him, three times, waving to her from just beyond the first wave. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recited a lengthy prayer from the Koran, his nasal voice undulat­ing through the sudden hush of the stadium’s crowd. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before the long hour and a half of prayers and Bible-reading was over, I felt ready to perish with cold. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Loading up my heart with prayer, I aimed it at the lost soul before me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a trite saying among the faithful, goes like this: “God answers all prayers. And sometimes his answer is no.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Fezzik dropped to his knees and put his hands in prayer position. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After his prayers, he fell asleep under a vibrating sky. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After her prayer, Mom went into my grandma’s room. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘Bellona has answered my prayer. She doesn’t fight my battles for me. She doesn’t guarantee me easy victory. She grants me opportunities to prove myself. She gives me strong enemies and potential allies.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When Papa started the prayer, his voice quavered more than usual. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

While I changed into the kittel, Meir knotted lengths of blue and white cord into the tassels found both on tzitzis and on the corners of a prayer shawl. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Blood dripped from his forehead and his sad eyes looked upward in prayer. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The Tehlins sometimes gave out bread, making us say prayers before we could take our loaf. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mr Tibbs looked down at his toes and his lips moved in silent prayer. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a calm voice, he told the trustees, “Wait until the prayer is over, and I will trouble you no more.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t give your prayers and offerings to the Kuhani, then how do the gods receive them?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stumbled forward and sat down on the bed again, staring at his hands, his head bowed as though in prayer. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He stood up and walked to Tayo; he reached down for the prayer sticks and spoke the words distinctly, pressing the sticks close to his heart. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They always take me to the mosque on important holidays; they fast during Ramadan; they sometimes close their office to attend Friday afternoon prayers. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My prayers turn to words that I hold on to, fighting to remember, so me and Darlene can talk about it later. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He jumps out of the passenger seat and slips into the driver’s side, promising to be back before prayer. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Any final requests? If you wish a last look at your brother or a last prayer, you'd better let us know now. It's the only privilege you'll get before you die." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“That’s where they’re burying most of the dead. The preachers say a prayer, and someone throws a layer of dirt on top.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, the principal led us in prayer—a prayer which all tribal schoolchildren were expected to know by heart, regardless of the religious beliefs of their parents. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted something from him, and prayer was the only way I knew to ask. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re supposed to leave a dollar or something in the collection box and light a candle in memory of someone. And, I guess, say a prayer if you want.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

With a smile on her face, she asked, “Do you believe God heard your prayer and helped you?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes my prayers are answered and sometimes they’re not, but it feels good to know there’s someone looking out for me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This prayer, which asks God's forgiveness for having confessed under torture to crimes he did not commit, was based on Psalm 51, Miserere mei, Dens. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I said a prayer of thanks and paged through them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Ophelia, come back. I will leave off my prayers at once. See, I lay down my book. Now tell me, what troubles you?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“All these things ... your cross, your prayers. As God is near—and surely He always is—you need no special words or objects to approach Him.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We cup our hands together and she recites a quiet prayer, words I don't understand, but the sounds give me comfort because I've heard them so many times. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She hurried to the small shrine in the back of the hut, lit an incense stick, and began chanting prayers to the statue of Bon Bibi that always stood there. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later he felt guilty that there was no crop, because he thought that it was his prayers that had kept away the rain. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Her bladder felt painfully, solidly full, as though it would burst and release not urine but the garbled prayers she was muttering. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said a prayer and then rushed to find help. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

My mother said a prayer before I left and entreated my ancestors to guide and protect me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made him take his helmet off so I could say a prayer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She began to wail out a prayer, not loud, just filled with pain. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was apparent that she was uttering a prayer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

All over the church there was only the sound, more awful than the deepest silence, of the prayers of the saints of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

No whispered prayers for their wild souls would make it right. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“This was a great man, Captain William Farnsworth Cook, of the Pennsylvanian Fifth Regiment. He was my grandfather. You will not bury him without a prayer.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t anything important He just wanted to discuss the possibility of saying prayers in the briefing room before each mission.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When I was younger, I thought the cloud would get so heavy that all my prayers would come falling down and I’d have everything I wished for, but now I’m eleven so I know better. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I found myself muttering a prayer, though I wasn’t quite sure who I was praying to. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Our family would spend the rest of the evening quiet and somber, often in prayer, contemplating such a depth of hatred and depravity. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So I started writing my prayers down instead a saying em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I did just like everybody else leaning on that rail did, said a quick prayer and put on my innocent face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will not come? You will not be my comforter, my rescuer? My deep love, my wild woe, my frantic prayer, are all nothing to you?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And during a still moment where neither prayer nor song could be heard, I heard the doctor say, “How much longer do you think the daughter will be in there?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“They do nothing but thumb their prayer beads and recite a book written in a tongue they don’t even understand.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Its purpose was to keep records: the purchase of grain, the sale of land, the triumphs of the king, the statutes of the priests, the positions of the stars, the prayers to the gods. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ended up back in her room, doing her prayers or sitting on the bed, missing her mother, feeling nauseated and homesick. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

"What is it?" we all cried, and I took a guess because last night at prayers Mami had promised that one day I would see such a thing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Muscle testing, she explained to me, was a kind of prayer, a divine supplication. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I loved the strange and mysterious shapes of the letters, the sounds of the prayers as we all recited together, and the stories about how to live a life according to the teachings of Allah. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The other pirates were chucked in after him, without a word of prayer or ceremony. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Monks discovered that the astrolabe, an Arabic invention, was a handy tool for keeping track of time in the evening, helping them keep their prayers on schedule. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

This time I remembered to take the Bible with me, and also to say a prayer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for all the prayers and stuff,” I said on autopilot, turning to hold out a flyer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She’s reaching way up to the sky with two hands, breathing in, and out, bringing prayer hands to her chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The metaphorical potency of Alexei’s illness was also undeniable—symptomatic of an empire gone sick, dependent on bandages and prayers, hemorrhaging at its core. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“No, you hold on to god Shiva and keep asking him to help you. He is strong. I know he will listen to your prayers.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Esteban soon found out about the second half of their prayer meetings and became enraged. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adelita begins with an Our Father, then adds her own prayer at the end. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Within hours after the shooting, Pakistani TV channels ran footage of me with prayers and poems. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to say my prayers,” she said. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much of a prayer, but it did come right from the heart. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman in front of us kneels in prayer, touching her head to the ground while her baby tugs on her shirt. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The prayer mg was spread by Wilfred while the rest of the family purified themselves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a hymn and a prayer from the pastor, Shin strode to the front of the church and took command of the evening. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Reciting a short prayer, the driver pressed his hands against his face as though to comfort himself, then hit the horn until everyone in front of the truck moved aside. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

People went to mosques for their ten raka’ts of noontime prayer and then retreated to whatever shade they could find to nap in, waiting for the cool of early evening. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On our first Friday evening there, after prayers were finished and orange and pink swirls still hung in the sky from sunset, I went with August to the bee yard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question seemed to answer itself, and I’m pretty proud of that prayer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every now and then we'd get in jail, and we'd see the jailers looking through the windows being moved by our prayers, and being moved by our words and our songs. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pima shook her head and made a small prayer to the Fates. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After that, I began to question everything: I asked God why He didn’t answer my prayers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

As Lillian’s fingers circumnavigated the beads, Ben’s mind wandered and the prayers became thoughtless, untongued words whose meaning was bled out of them by repetition. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she might add three more names to her prayer, but she was too tired to decide tonight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They unrolled small blue prayer rugs from a shelf, then knelt, stood, and knelt again, touching foreheads to the ground, saying their prayers in low voices. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The prayers aren’t quite songs, but there is kind of a chanting melody to them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

You have been in my prayers since the day you left. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I—I heard that some people were doing that. I haven’t really gone to prayers or anything since we’ve been here.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s really hoarse from the surgery, so it hurts for him to speak. But don’t worry, the doctors say he’s doing well. And it helps that he has all your love and prayers.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I watched the men and women of the Salvation Army share a prayer with anyone who seemed to need it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Why had Mama knelt in prayer in front of my dogs? Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lowry mouthed breathless cuss words that sounded more like prayers. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If you died with a venial sin on your soul you could not enter heaven until the sin was absolved by prayers or rosaries or masses from your family on earth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the prayers end and the doors open the Bells hit center stage and the curtain opens up on the afternoon pick-up game in the gym at the county recreation center. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Let’s bow our heads for a word of prayer.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We tried everything. Drink, drugs, prayer, even small doses of poison. On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Many a loud prayer rose from my chaste pink lips, some of thanks, some of supplication. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know what that was all about, but we sat there with our heads bowed and said some of the prayers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 5:47 while Coach leads the Wildcats in team prayer, I pray Dad won’t get arrested. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and say a quick prayer, lifting it to my lips, and chew. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You always been saying,” Florence said, “how the Lord would answer prayer.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Instead, I waited for darkness, past Vespers and beyond, choosing not to stir until I heard the church bell ring the last prayers of the night, Compline. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only when her uncle closed the Book and bent his head for the long evening prayer, did the clicking needles cease. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I figure he dressed up to go to the mosque for Friday prayers and is still in the same clothes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When the crowd at last arrived at City Hall, a brief prayer service was held before speakers from nearly every segment of Durham’s black community eulogized their fallen leader. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I had a prayer left in me, it was that this red-faced man shaking with rage would never lay a hand on me again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say a prayer first. Gasoline should come out. Be sure to take off the belt.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Bring a face mask and a garbage bag. I’ll supply the latex gloves. And when you say your prayers tonight, ask for a fresh crop of corpses.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He ended the prayer with “sunrise” because he knew the Dawn people began and ended all their words with “sunrise.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Moral was Amelia’s territory of faithful attendance at Sabbath worship and prayer meeting and Bible study, and she couldn’t ask for consideration on those counts. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was followed by her sister-in-law, who was muttering prayers, and by the driver, who did not have the foggiest idea of the purpose of their trip. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered how much longer she would have to include Weese in her prayer, and drifted off to sleep dreaming that on the morrow, when she woke, he'd be dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Looking at the child’s face, he remembered a Brahmin prayer which he had once learned when he himself was a small child. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I been writing my prayers since I was in junior high. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He sang the prayers at his synagogue and never missed a service. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

So me and all my buddies went to the yard, and we all bent down on our right knees and said prayers for my son and the little boy that died. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made the sign of the cross again and began to say my prayers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips formed the words as he let it come down with a grunt which was a blending of a curse, a prayer and a groan. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It rang again in my hand now and for no reason at all the words of a childhood prayer spilled through my mind like swift water. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as if answering my prayers, the Eagle said, “You’re not in any trouble. But you need to go to the gym now.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Little came in, later, to tuck Stuart in for the night and hear his prayers, Stuart asked her if she thought the bird would be quite safe sleeping down in the living room. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Break up that prayer meeting!” the white straw boss yelled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a prayer, to a God we know isn’t listening. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will probably serve the young man well to get out of the city for a while. Perhaps his grandparents can talk some sense into him. We’ll be sure to keep him in our prayers.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In haste, I made the sign of the cross and murmured protective prayers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Join your brother in the army of the Lord! Pray the redemption prayer and be freed from sin!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The prayers were to the point, directing the attention of the Almighty to certain weaknesses and undivine tendencies I know to be mine and could only suppose were shared by others gathered there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have always said my mother’s prayers at dawn. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The cleric begins with a prayer in Urdu, translating everything into English for the many non-Urdu speakers. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Lupita let out her breath in relief as the women in the back finished their prayers. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She would say her prayers as fast as she could and then jump into bed, waiting for me to hurry up and finish mine. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Dearly beloved in the Lord,” he began—but her eyes were on him, that strange, that mocking fight—“let us bow our heads in prayer.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When we arrived, many family members were gathered in mourning with a minister leading prayer. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A lot of patients who saw the prayer on Billy’s wall told him that it helped them to keep going, too. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you begin with prayer?” asked Turner, as sweetly and innocently as if he were a minister’s son right out of a Sunday school book. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Each year, with sun, with rain, with prayers they grow tall tall. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their prayers rose from the pavement like the din of inseas on summer evenings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked up his steps, sat on his disintegrating stoop, and bowed his head as if in prayer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

One of our prayers must have been powerful because Brenda stays alive and doesn’t die till the second day of school. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s a prayer for when you put it on,” I reply. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As before, the Circle began with the Keeper giving prayer while everybody stood and held hands. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I’m lying down on the prayer mat, my hair spread out like a fan under me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I practiced the code over and over until it felt like a prayer in my mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We do not fear your red queen or her god. Let her send what spells she will. The prayers of godly men will shield us against evil.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The chapel bell rings throughout the day and night, calling the nuns to constant prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Using his thumb, he drew the sign of the cross on my forehead with sacred oil and said a prayer for my soul. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bartlett came out and said another prayer over Sam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A volunteer or one of the migrants begins the short prayer. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Kneeling as if for prayer, she dismissed Cristiana, who set down the basin of scented water she carried. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His agony began to fill the church and the women moaned their prayers, but the kids would not listen. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told Malachy and me we could sit on the floor and play but to be quiet because she was going to say her prayers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then she began to pray aloud and Ben, her son, had an image of her prayers floating light as pollen into the ear of God. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him casually wipe his left eye with the back of his hand as he ended his prayer and the small crowd began to disperse. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Arthur asked questions, sent messengers, remembered his captain in his prayers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t care what prayers we say at bedtime, or whether we admit we believe in it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t leaving,” I say again, as Ben steps past me into the prayer room to help Cillian lift up boards. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They’ll ask you if you’d like to come in for a look at the departed and a prayer by the bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes,” he said, “prayer can be very comforting. I wonder if any of you men would like to pray with me?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wakes before dawn to say her first prayer. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The shock of my sin and the emotional release of her prayer had exhausted her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eating in silence at a table where prayers are said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her uncle’s terse petitions were hard enough to endure; this prayer, she knew, would be a lengthy masterpiece. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I have realized that God has answered my prayer. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Gram settled back for a nap while I said a few thousand more prayers. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I met children whose mothers walked the distance from their house to church on their knees in gratitude for prayers answered. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The following morning, I rose early, even before the sun, to perform my morning prayers in my hotel room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Rashid didn’t answer as he sent a silent prayer to Allah to take care of the teacher and young girl who should not have been caught in a war zone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The prayers and the meetings felt like work, and he already had sixty hours of that a week. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

With gestures, he indicated that he would demonstrate to me the proper prayer ritual postures. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night at dusk the red woman led her followers in their twilight prayer, asking her red god to see them through the dark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As there is nothing else to read, I take up my book of prayers, the gift from Gertrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Eudora Green, when she broke her hip, went on your list, up walking in a week. Isaiah fell off the cotton truck, on your prayer list that night, back to work the next day.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was to be said after one made his confession to the priest, and as the last prayer before death. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary were undressed, and they said their prayers and snuggled into the trundle bed. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read a few prayers in German, just to be polite. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The prayer rug, the one with the oblong, woven Mecca, came loose from the wall at one point and landed on my head; the dust from it made me sneeze. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stood, yanked up his prayer rug, and took it into the dining room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We waited on a long line to light two candles, and though we both were crying—everyone was crying—we kept holding each other’s hands, and we said the same prayer. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

My prayers are wordless, defiant, dry-eyed, desperate, without hope. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and sobbed out a prayer. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following the briefing and a moment of prayer with Reverend Wright, Barack walked out to greet the audience, his appearance met with a roar I could hear from inside the capitol. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As I knelt, my gaze fastened on a particularly devout man who was kneeling, hands tightly clasped in prayer. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before consenting to being zipped into its claustrophobic interior, he requested that prayer books be placed in the bag with him. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I never used to pray but now I do say little prayers. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Kit rose thankfully for the final prayer, and stood respectfully with the rest of the congregation till the minister had passed down the aisle to the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Their chief, or Awoamefia, who could be spoken to only through a member of the council of elders, invited the guests to sit, and they were formally welcomed with wine and prayers. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny made it imperative, however, that I attend certain all- night ritualistic prayer meetings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train jerked to a stop and the silence was like a prayer. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three hours after it began, the Keeper closed the Healing Circle with a prayer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The demonstration ended with another short prayer service and then the crowd drifted off slowly, the mourners reluctant to separate on the sorrowful day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even as I waited for His next blow, I sought, with earnest prayers, forgiveness for my sinful life. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

All meals would be halal, prayer would be observed five times a day, and hijab would be observed for the girls when they came of age. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I put my hands up in prayer and do a silent plead. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

On his way home from prayers one night, he was shot— point-blank in the face. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We said a prayer and then she give me a bed to sleep on for a bit, and then I guided ’em back here.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you be sayin’ your prayers to the Little Flower each night askin’ that you grow up half as pretty as your mother. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat before the old monk in the prayer hall, chatting and drinking chilled tea while Pong pretended to repair a bench just outside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“The prayers we are say—” “Deacon Thoroughgood,” a deep voice boom through stillness. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Only he knew whether the prayers were for the president's soul or for his own life. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The court is called to prayer in the Receiving Hall at different intervals of the day. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Those nopales look like poor men stretching out their arms in prayer.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

With every sentence of the interminable prayers, I rubbed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Found honest work, live a life of industry and prayer.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That night my prayers were full of thanks. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“This seems such a solemn moment. I think it calls for a prayer.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The new English mass is unilinear, lacking density; there is little opportunity for private prayer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard it everywhere, in prayer and in daily speech, and wherever the saints were gathered, and in the unbelieving streets. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

JoJo said some prayers in Portuguese and we laid the board in the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, okay. Nali, can I join you this morning for your prayer?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s conceivable that such an action could interfere with your chances of having the prayers for a tighter bomb pattern answered.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The two animals said their prayers and then, to Tortoise’s surprise, they saw money falling in front of them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A prayer rug showing a slightly oblong Mecca was nailed to one of the walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I see his hands raised in takbeer to begin prayers, with everyone standing behind him in neat rows. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The three of us are quiet, lost in our own prayers. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Poetry and prayer put ideas in people’s heads that got them killed, distracting them from the ruthless mechanism of the world. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“And where is Israel,” she asked, “except in our prayers?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Arabic isn’t so good, besides memorizing duas for daily prayers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I put the coffee on and say a prayer for Minny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Bless me in your prayers; and, Mina, pray for my happiness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She listened intently, muttering sacred prayers along with profanities below her breath. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her say, “Thank God, my prayers have been answered.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat quietly, staring down at the prayer book on my stand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I even promised that if I could grow just a tiny bit taller—even an inch—I would offer a hundred raakat nafl, extra prayers on top of my daily ones. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Tuesday nights, the prayer meeting came to my grandmother’s house, and I was always excited, for two reasons. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then I stare at the ceiling and imagine my prayers traveling up, up, up and hovering over my bed until they lift all the way through the roof. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Another was, “Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was only something she could do besides work and say her prayers! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I was small, Mama used to say a prayer with me before I went to sleep. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we are saying prayers for you too.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say a prayer anyway and, when the movie ends, put on music to relax. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I thought hard of all the sins I had ever committed, and I said as many prayers as I could remember. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee’s mind said a convulsive prayer for guidance. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Earnestness is ever deeply solemn: first, as I listened to that prayer, I wondered at his; then, when it continued and rose, I was touched by it, and at last awed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless we had to kneel for one more prayer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long past the hour of Compline, the last prayers of the night, a sound aroused me to a confused state of wakefulness. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I promise to be good for the rest of my life if you listen to my prayer and make me well again. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

By the end of the prayer he was certain: be felt a releasing thrill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said his father wanted him to pick up a prayer book, but I think his father sent him because he was making the groom nervous. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ofglen and I stand outside Soul Scrolls, looking through the shatterproof windows, watching the prayers well out from the machines and disappear again through the slot, back to the realm of the unsaid. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as we knelt there on the swaying floor our words were less prayers than sounds of mute and terrible sorrow. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they flourished, evangelical entrepreneurs and strivers built a distinctly evangelical business culture of prayer meetings, self-help books, and business associations. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’d heard stories of old country burials with singers and dancers, but I wasn’t sure what to do, so we just dug a hole and said a passel of prayers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go for prayers. If you need anything, ask your cousins,” he said, taking a kettle from the stoop and beginning to perform ablution. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Yet he had belief in wonder and in the next twenty-five miles of black Carolina highway, he thought: Can a boy begin a prayer with the hatred of his father in his heart? The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She offered ardent prayers to them perpetually, but not one of them would do anything to make Venus their enemy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart raced at the thought of this religious center where only the holiest of priests and the most beautiful of Sun Maidens lived, always in prayer and praise to Inti and the other gods. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

As a first prayer, he prayed for the fighter pilots in his squadron, for God to keep them safe in His high dominion. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Surratt spends the night of July 6 in prayer, asking God to spare her life. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” then surely we are also permitted doubt. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then they might eat, and then his father would lead them in prayer, and then he would give them a Bible lesson. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would be so tired that he could not remember the prayer and then he would say them fast so that they would come automatically. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bow my head during the prayers but I refuse to pray, though I don’t know why I do this. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We folded our hands and said our prayers and everything was fine again. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the surreptitious prayers of the women and children, as he himself admitted, he was alive and well and in full possession of his faculties, including his sense of humor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear her muttering a prayer to herself. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Not only is it the first passage that I learned as a child, but since I utter them in every prayer, it makes it less likely that I’ll freeze and forget my lines. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She reluctantly agreed to spend the night at Aunt Saba’s house, folding a dress to wear the next day and her prayer rug and a towel. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew then that it was she who had been responsible for the improvement in Kuti, not I, not my prayers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these prayers I acknowledged my great unworthiness to my Lord Jesus and searched my heart for every sin to which I could confess. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At six thirty we went into the chapel for the last prayers of the day. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said her silent prayer, and then swung the bar with everything she had. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was the answer to her prayers—she just didn’t know it yet. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My prayers—all these years I thought He didn’t hear me, but He was listening all the time, just waiting His own good time to do His will.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Now we will have a moment of silent prayer,” says the Commander. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone muttered a prayer over her and we fell back to sleep. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The minister from the Kuling church read the twenty-fourth psalm and said a prayer, but he didn’t mention glory, thank goodness. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We christened them with prayers and invited all our little boy and girl friends for colas and cassavas and—when we could get them—some nice butter cookies. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t up for watching Buzz’s demo reel or hearing about the friendly-faced Buddha she needed for the Tibetan prayer room she was designing. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The extended family had gathered only to realize that the Larsens were missing; the celebration turned into a vigil of worry and prayer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And if the old gods hear my prayer, Ramsay in his wroth might strike me dead as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One witness reported seeing a group of well- dressed people from a German saloon singing one tune after another while, a few tombstones away, a small congregation of Methodists held a prayer meeting. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom wakes me up for evening prayers, I’m clutching an old Franklin Covey agenda, one that contains a series of arguments to prove Caliban’s depravity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The old man climbed up onto a horse and ambled slowly, mumbling advice and recommendations, prayers of wisdom and enchanted formulas, to the ants. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need a prayer, a song, but everything now is too real—just as it was during the earthquake in Haiti. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Following the prayer, a video was shown of highlights from the past season in 1987. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear to me, nevertheless, that none of us in Hall’s group had a prayer of climbing Everest without considerable assistance from Hall, his guides, and his Sherpas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the midst of prayer when suddenly there was shouting in the streets. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chiron closed his eyes as if he were saying a prayer. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He say we need a quiet prayer meeting tonight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We pray the evening prayers together as a family, as always. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He leads a prayer and asks God to help migrants safely arrive at their destinations, find work, and be able to return to their countries someday. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know it then, we were all too happy to be together, but this was when the men should have been going to God with their heads beneath the prayer shawls. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Someone representing the family ends by thanking the citizens of the Vancouver-Portland area for their support and prayers. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before I get back into bed, I say a quick prayer like I promised, Thank you, God, for not telling Uhmma about the lie. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, I closed my eyes, and thought those three words—home sweet home—more like a wish or prayer, and went inside. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

His mother mumbled a prayer, to which the preacher chanted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The prayer went thus: Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the pages a my prayer book to see who I got tonight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The prayer rug lies in its own clear space. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Silence and prayer, that is your need now, Melba. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Hold those images in your mind and repeat this sacred prayer after me. ‘ Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She puts her hands together in an attitude of prayer, bows forward, lowering her head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shivered as I looked—for I could not sleep, and even a prayer came with difficulty. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s got that yoga look. Remember how she got us to reveal all our prayer flaws so easily?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She reached for our hands and squeezed them, breathing deep and full like a prayer, chewing her bottom lip like penance. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He would get into bed without brushing his hair or his teeth—certainly without saying his prayers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to be a bad person,” I said, and stared at my hands, how they were folded together like hands in prayer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After prayers, I followed the rest of the congregation into the courtyard, where refreshments waited for us, courtesy of generous and well-off members of our community. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We wiped the dust from our toes and settled down for schoolwork, cornbread, clabbered milk, prayers and bed, always in that order. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bracing himself with a deep breath and a prayer, he strode toward their table. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It was mostly Mamas prayer group members who plucked flowers; a woman tucked one behind her ear once—I saw her clearly from my window. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I said a prayer for each of them by name, asking that if any of them got drafted, they would all come back to their homes and families. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Roberto said a prayer, and when he had finished everyone murmured Amen. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

We did not hold our prayer books or rosaries in palmed hands. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No words of comfort or assurance can be spoken, for Mother Ermentrude has ordered silence and solitary prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Well, the palm trees in our courtyard were ripped and flattened from the wind of the helicopters, and looked far too defeated by war to accept my prayers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to him, a soldier was mumbling prayers in the softest voice, so soft that Ugwu felt he was whispering in his ear. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I look around the room at all these men and women and think about each of us being someone’s seed, someone’s prayer, someone’s hope. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The football boys leaned their heads in on the groaner as if in group prayer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Get up. Get Theresa cleaned and dressed! Ay, what a night it has been-^” I heard her murmur prayers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On holidays, there were festivals, and there were Saturday soup prayer meetings, and meals were prepared for the sick and then delivered. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Before we left, we all bowed our heads and Mom said a prayer. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

His knees roll on the hard ground and bleed through his pants as he rocks in prayer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I would sit with her in the kitchen while she cooked or ironed and she would ask me to recite such and such a prayer and I would. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do as the doctor says and I make up a prayer. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Trying to interlace, like a clutched desperate prayer, but again, I feel like the hands I am lacing are not my own, like I have borrowed them from a twelve-fingered monster. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And he suddenly remembered a prayer he had seen on a plaque for sale in the store at the marina. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The service starts off with a prayer and the reading of scripture. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Inside the bundles I found Gertrude’s prayer book and the likeness of my mother, both wrapped in my father's cloak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After a few words—mainly a repetition of what the principal said —from several of the senior teachers, a hymn was sung and a prayer said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ended the subject by quoting the poem he believed in like a prayer: “Love each other or perish.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth and nodded his head as Hanson gave the altar prayer one Sunday. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where the unhinged once came to offer their prayers, scholars now gather to research the collective insanity of war. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We’ll return and finish our prayers later, before they bury him,” said Mama. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I will simply say a prayer for them, and move on. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Cadillac, with both mufflers gone, sounded like a heavy bomber coming in on a wing and a prayer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ayanna muttered something that sounded suspiciously like a prayer, then motioned me and Gum Baby forward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Well, duh—he spends every spare minute chanting away, trying to copy the prayers Rabbi Gold keeps sending him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Whenever the prayer meetings were at our house, because my prayers were so good, my grandmother would want me to pray for everyone. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Now Naomi held on to the braid and whispered a prayer into her pillow. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Looking out the eastern-facing windows, he falls to his knees, bows his head, and recites something like a prayer. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and started to pray, silently at first and then with more courage and conviction, but my prayers were useless against her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

That was my prayer, and I believed God was with me on this. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Those with no bottles came out to the tracks to offer a prayer. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

After I write all my prayers, I go to bed with that book setting on the pillow next to me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Each individual had a small prayer mg, and each man and wife, or large group, had a larger communal rag. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled his rotund frame onto a prayer rug in front of the crowd and cleared his throat into the microphone. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Father sat in silence for a moment, maybe saying a prayer. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some linger to grab a blanket or a prayer book or a deck of playing cards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We celebrate it here on the “dark” continent with prayer and song and a large picnic complete with watermelon, fresh fruit punch, and barbecue! The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, said a prayer, and rapped on the glass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancestor balanced his weapon, feeling how it became part of his arm, and he touched the ndoro to send a prayer to the spirit world— “You fool!” roared the She Elephant down the tunnel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lately the commandant speaks more and more intimately of the fuhrer and the latest thing— prayers, petroleum, loyalty—that he requires. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That night when I went to the bathroom I only pretended to brush my teeth, for I feared that I would somehow rinse the prayer out as well. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The whole congregation watched the paper in his pocket during the prayer for peace. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“That may be camp talk out there, but in here, we say the prayer for the dead properly, like good Jews.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song was both a remembrance and a prayer as the men’s voices floated out over the audience. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He hears his mother’s rhythmic prayers from behind her closed door, and he loses himself in her voice and the soft thud of the rubber ball against the wall. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Almost as soon as Abuela had finished leading prayer, the family started talking about the lot situation again. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

His hand met hers, palm to palm, as if they were sharing a prayer. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Now would be as good a time as any for my prayer to finally be answered. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘Tm sorry, sir, but just about all the prayers I know are rather somber in tone and make at least some passing reference to God.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“No. The prayer will have to be done by somebody else. If they kill you, they can burn me. I shall take my death as meekly as any Christian queen.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He died without a face in a room I never saw without my kisses in the stained gauze or without my prayers entering the center of his pain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the congregation sings my favorite prayer, Ma Tovu, Dad rocks back and forth on his loafers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps,” said Deacon Hurd as he finished the final prayer, “you might say her last words once more, Reverend.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Before I stepped on the strip, I recited a quick prayer and reminded myself to fight to the end. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The servant’s prayer, after the cloudless thunder of Zeus, Odysseus heard with lifting heart, sure in his bones that vengeance was at hand. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terrified, I made a short and desperate prayer to Saint Giles, imploring his blessings on the priest and on myself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She prays every Catholic prayer she knows in quick, calm succession. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Languages, prayers, dreams, habits, and hopes— all gone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It's morning now and we have floated safely through the Nicholtown night, our evening prayers Jehovah, please give us another day, now answered. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Much later he remembered that if he got to school on time, he attributed his success “to the prayers and not to my quick running, and marveled how generally I was aided.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks transcendent as he rhythmically bows, murmuring the Hebrew prayers that he learned on his father's knee. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once the prayers have been printed out and said, the paper rolls back through another slot and is recycled into fresh paper again. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their heads were bent, in sorrow or in prayer; Ralph, passing by, bent his head in sympathy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She changed the prayer that she said every night. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and said a silent prayer and hoped for a miracle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet she signed herself up for the prayer group.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Somehow I had the vague feeling that all my mother’s prayers were useless, that no amount of prayer could stop the police from violating our lives at will. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, when people die, they say prayers to thank God and—” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Most nights after supper and prayers, Ethel heard her father going up the crooked stairs, guided by the bobbing light of the candle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I knelt piously, my hands in prayer, and stared in front of me, trying to look like I was having nothing but the very best thoughts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

TJ comes into the kitchen, and we gather at the table to say our family prayer in unison. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Arabs often ap-peared in the city, shopping and chanting their strange prayers several times a day. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he slowly caught his breath, the sound of low prayers could be heard from the other side of the room where Old Cob crouched against the black stone of the fireplace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The minister took advantage of already being on the floor and asked in a choky little voice if the church would kneel with him to offer a prayer of thanksgiving. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve lost all the words to my childhood prayers, so my head rings with its own Grand Silence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounds in my head now less like a prayer, more like a command; but to do what? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie thought a minute before answering, “Well, let’s say a prayer in that little room of the Middle Ages. The part with the pretty stained glass window.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘At last you have admitted that you failed to clean my study properly. I shall therefore see all three of you in the changing-room tonight after prayers.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He, too, was muttering prayers, his hands resting gently on my side. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel clenched his hands and started to say a prayer to Great Rugwith. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

To see so many beings bending down at the same time reminded me of prayer time in a mosque. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

If there were gods in this trackless wilderness of stone and sand and red clay, they were hard dry gods, deaf to prayers for rain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If their prayer is like plainsong, chanted in unison, their work is like harmony, a bright medley of voices. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And their parents let them do all their prayers at home after school was over. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

How she could ward off the malocchio, the evil eye, with a prayer and the dip of her pinkie into a bowl of water sprinkled with a few drops of olive oil. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Minerva made her hands into shallow cups and pulled the air over her head and face, making prayers out of ashes and smoke. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Each of us faces the altar, holding a lit incense stick between palms in prayer. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I no longer lingered after Friday prayer among my brethren. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Lord had given her what she said she wanted, as was often, she had found, His bewildering method of answering prayer. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was later on, when she was sure her prayers had been answered, and Norma showed all signs of normal intelligence, that my mother’s voice began to sound different. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the next night, Sister Loretta entered the room on the coldest night of the year and began the class with a prayer for chastity that she read from a black manual. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes his voice would rise again as he called out a line or two, indicating where everyone should be in the prayer book. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

After supper there is evening prayer in the new chapel. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I became better at memorizing scriptures, talking into a microphone, and standing before the congregation to lead prayer. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I say a prayer for you every day, babe,” Santa told the snapshot incoherently, balancing the ice cube on her tongue. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was moving in prayer as she kissed her fingers and pointed at me and then at the sky. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe C.P.’s phone call had been a response to her prayers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma was prone to arthritis and did not go out on a winter’s night, even to prayer meeting. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, the stars are the prayers of abuelas and mothers and sisters...” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The novices who attended her reported that she spent a third of her waking hours with her son, another third in prayer, and the rest in her tub. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was angry with myself for not having taken the time to leam more of the orthodox prayer rituals before leaving America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was going to miss prayer tonight, though, because of me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On that wagon sat two people, one an older man dressed all in black, with a white prayer shawl across his shoulders, a book in his lap. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My prayers must be working, cuz Mama drops me off on time at Laser Zone for Sneaky’s birthday party. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And it rained dust and screams and prayers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And when he reached the granite ledges and looked across to Malaga, he could almost believe in hope and prayer. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

My mother had said prayers and begged for an audience with the priest. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Hermes had sent him in answer to their mother’s prayer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end stood an altar, where the fiery wraith knelt in prayer, but Nico was more interested in the room itself. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was a small satisfaction to her that our prayers had worked so far. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I thought we were done for the day and could go eat dinner and say our evening prayers with the beads, no, we were just beginning. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed from our tier down at the mosque and I knew that he had come to take me to make the morning prayer, El Sobh, always before sunrise. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His jowls shaking with emotion, the imam had spent ten minutes telling people not to come to the mosque wearing smelly socks or after eating garlic because that disturbed the prayers of people around them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She said a prayer of gratitude for his carelessness and added four wadded dollars and a handful of change to her sock; it was something. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The following morning, as soon as prayers were over, the Headmaster called for Quarter-Stars and Stripes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful prayer, and afterward I thought her mother’s eyes looked differently upon me. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I know what happened earlier was heavy stuff. The deliverance prayer can be pretty draining. But can I tell you something that might counterbalance what you heard here last night?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A Sunday prayer meeting/protest on the City Hall steps attracted a crowd of 450. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Bath minister was probably wishing that the service had ended with the last prayer. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She believed that her prayers had killed him. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And thinking of that, I added one more prayer — sweet Jesus, come Christmas, don’t let it be twins. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The red priest stood on the forecastle facing the storm, his staff raised above his head as he boomed a prayer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

People were gazing into the sky as though a long line of unanswered prayers hung from it. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Thick velvet hangings admitted no thread of light, and would muffle the sound of prayer and war alike. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I feel her breath as she blows the prayer over me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And though I can’t see Daddy’s face behind my back, I sing a prayer on the inside that for once there’s a twinkle in his eyes too. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Yet she knew that her weeping and her prayers were in vain. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Aliya sits with her hands raised in prayer, responding to her dua questions by reciting a long prayer of an answer, followed up by a full belly laugh. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Instead of worrying, why don’t you both join me in a prayer?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

If I knew they were there, I would have weapons against them, charms, prayers, some kind of alliance with forces equally strong but on my side. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Through prayer. I pray to the Lord for my half sister’s wicked soul.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In unison, we stepped from our slippers to stand on the prayer rug. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, there is hardly any free time except for prayers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Whatever you want. This won't take long. No son, so no immersion, no priest, no prayers." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the reading was finished, family and guests bowed their heads and Reverend Bulkeley began the evening prayer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He’d sat with them for a while; then, after the group bowed their heads in prayer, he stood up and began shooting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But somehow as he began his prayers he felt better. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The smell of spent hand-flare shells, and prayers at dawn, and the killing of turtles, and the biology of algae, for example. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We will begin the shukrani service momentarily. Please have your offerings ready so that as many prayers can be received as possible!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every day I asked my mother to request a special prayer at her church for Arthur Ashe to win the tournament. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mixed a liquid and said the proper prayers and washed my hands. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my prayers sounded more like I was trying to pick a fight. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our prayers are answered and all the prayers of those hundreds of little boys at the Confraternity. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Watching Aunt Eva saying the prayers over the candles was the one moment in all the family gatherings that Hannah had always found special. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were fewer and fewer Osage who knew the old prayers for the dead. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But he was even more afraid that he had no belief in prayer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her fingers and said a silent prayer that the girl would be kind. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

For your penance say three Hail Marys, three Our Fathers, and say a special prayer for me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She dragged Aurelia to the ground and they both prayed their own private prayers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In some, the women were prostrated as if—God forbid this thought—in sujda for prayer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

After the morning prayer, Mrs. Grayson told them to be seated, as she had an announcement. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mother followed right behind the pastor, accompanying his rhythmic prayer with hallelujah whispers, and my father’s manly but, I guess, godly grunts, all eventually—finally—leading to an amen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I awkwardly circle the candles with my hands and repeat the prayers after him, I'm aware of the transcendence of it, the bubble of unseen light that surrounds us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The family prayer remembered, echoing through the years. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When he was done, I recited the second blessing and the prayer that thanks God when a serious accident has been avoided. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone sat in the circle, praying and praying, and the prayers were strong. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As daylight faded, veterans and visitors lingered by the Wall, touching names one last time, offering prayers and promises to return. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The essence of the prayer is the Oneness of God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her eyes Todd’s mouth was a prayer book. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He checked all the usual places—the private prayer rooms, the memorial hall, even the kitchens—and found no one. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I knew I was mixing my prayers, but it didn’t matter. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celebrating their success, the summit team left an offering of prayer flags, katas, and climbing pitons on what appeared to be the highest point, and then descended into the fast-rising blizzard. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I would like to be baptized and I would like a prayer rug.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s being used for prayers while the restoration continues. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We prayed rosary after rosary, until the monotonous sound of prayers blended into the blur of flickering altar candles. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From my perch on the cushioned chair I see the wooden footrest with its floral needlepoint cover in front of her rocker, the small shelf of books— prayer books and poetry, mainly—by the stairs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes and let my fingers rest on the baby’s lids and held them there as Nicasia continued her foreign prayer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When we asked him why, he told us that that way when we came back from a long trip we’d be “coming in on a wing and a prayer.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my grandfather says he doesn't need our prayers. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Frankie had once mused about sending us into the wealthier Reform shuls over in Kenwood and South Shore, taking an almost perverse satisfaction in the idea of robbing people in prayer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We have to know by heart all the prayers, the Hail Mary, the Our Father, the Confiteor, the Apostles’ Creed, the Act of Contrition, the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Throughout the country, towns and cities proclaimed Tuesday, September 6, as a day of prayer. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘Johnny’s forgotten morning prayers and all those wonderful humble people,’ said Cilia. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yom Kippur was our Day of Atonement, spent in fasting and prayer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If I was being prayed for mightily at Wednesday night prayer meetings, I was not told of it. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At this time, I would like to express my love and remorse toward their families who have been in my heart and in my prayers daily,” he read from his letter. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her lips moved feverishly in prayer to Lord Hanuman as she asked that good fortune smile on her oldest son. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The director was telling me that the hearse was waiting out in the road and at the same time I could hear the priest beginning his prayers. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Despite her prayers, the Congo was left in the hands of soulless, empty men. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cillian busts in the back door, goes into the prayer room which we never use, and starts pulling boards up from the floor. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

God is not an entirely new idea for me: they have him at school in the morning prayers, and even in “God Save the King.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

About a dozen or more years before, when I was in prison, a member of the orthodox Muslim movement in Boston, named Abdul Hameed, had visited me and had later sent me prayers in Arabic. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Septon Chayle had emerged briefly from the sept, fingering the seven-sided crystal on the thong about his neck, only to retreat inside again once the prayers began. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I could see my father’s mouth pronouncing it with reverence, like he did for everything that had a touch of the old about it, the words from our language; like a prayer. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Kazi would stop what he was doing and get his prayer mat that he kept rolled up in the corner of the kitchen. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then Kiakime’s father stepped forward, and holding up a feathered prayer stick, made a long prayer, then threw the stick after the corn meal. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got home too late for prayer meeting, so after supper the four of us just sat out on the veranda together in the cool dark. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At the end, we all had to hold hands, and Patrick led us in a prayer. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Not a prayer goes by that I don’t think of it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hands cupped in front of their faces, heads bowed, murmuring a prayer: “Merciful God, forgive him his trespasses. Make wide his grave and light his path. Raise him unto the highest heavens.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Moved as fast as I could from my chambers after morning prayers, but these old legs just aren’t what they used to be.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Pastor Dames ends his prayer, saying, “Lord, we pray for all families with a loved one who is suffering.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He kissed the prayer beads, tilted his head. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I went through the standard motions—the rising and sitting, the donning of the prayer shawl, the prayers that came to my lips as naturally as breathing—anxiety stirred in my gut. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Stanley Goldfarb died and his relatives and the congregation gathered for an evening of prayers and mourning. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Why was my mother waiting there for me to wake up, dried tears crusted on her face, prayer on her breath? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I heard her murmuring prayers for a long time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I will bear whatever sentence they wish to rain on me, all the volleys of their prayers and curses. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of my prayers, when they weren’t for the Dodgers, were quick ones in the middle of a game, asking God to let me win. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But I can remember when we came to it with prayer, listening for trouble in our laboring old motors, drawing a plume of steam from our boiling radiators. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also translate prayers into French for the nuns who do not read Latin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She returns to the yard, wanting to say a prayer, thinking to say goodbye, at least—but her parents’ bodies have disappeared. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All the men made the sign of the cross and murmured a prayer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth believes in prayer, believes in God, has always believed in God, even now doesn't believe that God has abandoned him but has grown closer. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The red priestess closed her eyes and said a prayer, then opened them once more to face the hearthfire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Four-year-old Hope Spencer had taken her hands out of the prayer position to wave wildly at her parents. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But she also struggled with rules—and sometimes disobeyed them, such as turning around during the Trinity prayer. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each night, the sorcerer priest would kindle a fire on the forecastle of the Iron Victory and stalk around the flames, chanting prayers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In truth, I didn’t remember the last time I had laid my forehead to the ground in prayer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He hears the chatter from the porch, the wishes and prayers. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I turned my prayer to thanksgiving: the Source of Life was also the Saviour of spirits. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The shebeens were where men would go to drink after work and during prayer meetings and most any other time of day as well. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He ends with a prayer: “I hope that the air stays clear between you and me.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Often, without thinking, he would go down half the chain of command before his prayers would take another form. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama started with a prayer for peace and for the rulers of our country. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Annual crops fly on a wing and a prayer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removes prayer beads from her dress pocket and wraps the string around her hands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Agent put his hands together in prayer position. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We will kill you. Say your prayers, preacher.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The services had lasted a little over an hour when the three minutes of prayers said for every Muslim who is dead were recited by Alhajj Heshaam Jaaber, of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She led the congregation in prayer, asking the Lord to comfort all the families who had lost loved ones in the protests and riots. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I scan the scene: shaking hands, nervous smiles, grim faces, a group kneeling in prayer a few feet away, their hands cupped in front of them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Several people stopped to write prayers in oversized books resting on wooden pedestals near the statue: “Dear Heavenly Father: If it is your will let me speak to Eddie this one last time.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But these days evangelical students like those in Havens’s prayer group are becoming a conspicuous presence at Brown. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The cathedral’s interior was massive—it seemed, impossibly, even larger than the outside—and though damaged, a few hardy believers knelt here and there in silent prayer. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt says we will have common prayer every morning and evening from now on, and two sermons on Sundays. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

As the priest chanted the Latin prayers, whose meaning I barely understood, I knelt by his side and knew that God had taken away the one person I could claim as my own. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying on the ground after my morning sun prayer, watching Sumac fly in the sky world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The whole time we clean, I whisper a prayer for the family of the fifteen-year-old boy with a bullet in his back lying somewhere in a morgue. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I did not wear a prayer shawl; they were worn only by adults who were or had once been married. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were prayers at sunup and sundown, at the breakfast table and dinner table, followed by a Bible verse from each member of the family. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let s go down for prayers before Papa calls us.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A school day began with prayer—the Morning Offering. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that time was missed, the prayer had to be deferred until the sun was beyond the horizon. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom rolls her eyes at the request, but Sam seems to enjoy the prayer. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We passed a place where prisoners were shot over the pits they had dug for themselves, and I said a silent prayer of thanks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s the one who helped me when things got tough, and she said a lot of prayers for us. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Now that Phineas was back it seemed time to start saying prayers again. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex knew he should pray for Harvey’s soul, but the only prayer he could utter was “Please God, let me find some food.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Lev’s deep timbre echoed through the room, his voice as soulful and resonant as when he led prayers as the chazzan in shul. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If we had and were just reading—“O.K., say your prayers and go to bed.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt down on her knees in prayer. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ain’t my brother, but it’s me, Oh, Lord, Standing in the need of prayer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, the whole prayer is ‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a miserable sinner,’ but none of the adepts in either of the Pilgrim books put any emphasis—thank God—on the miserable-sinner part. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Now say your prayers and get some sleep. We have some long days ahead.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But two days after the shooting at Sandy Hook, when Barack traveled to Newtown to speak at a prayer vigil being held for the victims, I couldn’t bring myself to join him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All about me was a deep intense silence, and in it I heard my prayer, voiceless, wordless, rising up and up endlessly like the incense which burnt perpetually upon the altar. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment for contemplation and prayer, she stretched her embroidery work tightly over its hoop. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain looked down at the open magazine compliantly and saw an editorial spread dealing with an American bomber group in England whose chaplain said prayers in the briefing room before each mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

After each round of prayers, groups of mourners lined up and greeted me on their way out. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d known that would happen eventually, but he’d devoted a fair amount of prayer that it might last until they moved out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Nuah is looking at me laughing, his head tilted in that odd way of his, the wooden prayer beads hanging around his neck askew. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He remembered that he had once had the peculiar thought that if he were to be eaten by a beast, he would spare a prayer for it, too. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Well, I say we should pray for the Kaiser—he's going to need those prayers once he meets you! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was the person folks called for advice, prayer, and practical help when someone got into trouble or ended up in jail. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the radio off and the light back on, fish my prayer book out my purse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Attend the services of your Church, especially the prayer services. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whiskers snored softly at the foot of the bed, and I wore my old flannel gown and said my prayers, just like always. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

After the prayer, let the patient rest, And tell his family, “I will do my best To fight this sickness, but I fear his fate — It may be that you called me in too late.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Chiapas, he says, “is a cemetery with no crosses, where people die without even getting a prayer.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

NORTON'S door I stopped with my hand on the knob, mumbling a prayer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scream a prayer inside me and plunge for a little lump of land groping itself into the shallower waters. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the screech grew louder the woman shouted what sounded like a prayer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t remember the other monks’ names, or even the prayers that had been his vocation for decades, but the stories poured from him, and Lazlo listened. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Alex made the sign of the cross and said a quick silent prayer for the newly dead souls. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

This meant, among other things, that prayer and only prayer could heal afflictions like the rheumatism that afflicted Joyce’s father, and that doctors were a waste of time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Because the prayers were always the same and because they were said by the group, we had a way of praying together without being self-conscious. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a long prayer, she says and turns a page. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

When we finished, we said morning prayers in the living room, a string of short prayers punctuated by songs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

You can say your prayer here and roll Jesus and St. Francis and Seymour and Heidi’s grandfather all in one.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When he was done, he said a very quick three-word prayer: “Bless these seeds.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Soon she could even feel the heat in the air, as red R’hllor’s worshipers lifted their voices in prayer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Please. Please. Please,” she said, almost a prayer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had kneeled on the prayer rug, remembering only fragments of verses I had learned in school. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She took her rosary beads she kept next to the statue of the Virgin on top of the chest of drawers, then knelt in prayer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I said a quick prayer of thanks to the singing woman for her help. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“New Rochelle,” she murmured, though this time it was more a prayer than a statement. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the gods had sent him in answer to her prayers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We crouched down as she rocked back and forth and whispered her prayers to Lord Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She wants prayers from all the priests but the Jesuits. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Actually, silent is probably the only type of prayer a guy should attempt when his head’s in a toilet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were more songs and prayers; it lasted until well after midnight. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speeches and prayers at the dedication were kept short. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jennifer and I looked at the prayer books, but we didn’t pick them up because that wouldn't have felt right. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I finally take out my prayer mat and pray, my tears seeping into the lush fabric. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I was confused until I realized it was like a prayer before battle, and I gulped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Men tumble out, and their cries and prayers fade away swiftly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

From outside, the call to prayer blared through the streets. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But after a while, I’d get bored and wander to the back of the prayer hall and run around with the other kids while different ladies took turns hushing us. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was naked and he fumbled with something that he held above his head and gazed at it as though in prayer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I prayed morning namaz while Soraya slept—I didn’t have to consult the prayer pamphlet I had obtained from the mosque anymore; the verses came naturally now, effortlessly. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was a serious prayer, asking for help in this and that, and blessing about everyone I knew, but Delphine just whipped through the Lord’s Prayer and jumped into bed. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Enoch’s mother stared at her plate, mouthing a prayer to herself. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I felt only shame and said the dinner prayer as fast as I could. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I think that saying prayers before each mission is a very moral and highly laudatory procedure, sir,” he offered timidly, and waited. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And then we found the New Hope Church, and our prayers were answered. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

While Haskel and Dovid found a seat in the front, I sat in the back row and took my prayer shawl from my rucksack. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still it made me feel a bit more cheerful as I walked back to the house, even when I remembered that I had forgotten to say any prayer at all. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Everybody was against him, and he was sick to his soul that Colonel Korn was not with him in this moment of crisis to help him decide what to do about the prayer meetings. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Gitl began reciting the Kaddish, rocking back and forth on the sleeping shelf with the sonorous words, and the prayer was like the tolling of a death bell. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he delivered an opening prayer, giving thanks to God for the gathering as the crowd stood quietly in head-lowered reverence. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

So they hung their stockings by the fireplace, and said their prayers, and went to bed—Alice and Ella and Mary and Laura all in one big bed on the floor. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it turned out the prayer wasn’t so simple. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I put this on the list of things to include when I said some prayers, the first in a long time, that night in bed. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say a little prayer in the hope that one of my parents will be home. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Sonny won after punching Malik in the middle of prayer at church. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Surely monks sleeping in other cells, their bodies exhausted from work in the fields and hours of prayers, heard me and lay awake wondering. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it is prayer time and you are caught doing something other, you will be beaten. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt calls us together for prayer, to thank the Almighty for all that we have, and to ask for protection. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But the image of the laundress, dazed with prayer, will not leave me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Desdemona said the prayers in Greek as we gathered around her bed, and Tessie tried as usual to dispel her doubts and truly believe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then we would go around the circle offering prayers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He deserved more than quick prayers in a run-down hut; he deserved a proper burial with token coins placed in his palms to ensure he made it to the godlands. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The meal over, prayers were read by Miss Miller, and the classes filed off, two and two, upstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The priests walk slowly around the pyre, saying antique prayers, and the crowd, all in black, ignoring the black priests, keens. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew at which moments, at which prayers in church and at gravesides, survivors were most likely to weep. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, say the Lord’s prayer to myself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

‘Now close your eyes and grittle your teeth and look up to heaven and say your prayers while I is taking out the teeth of the venomsome viper,’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked in, took off their gloves, dipped their fingers in the holy water, made the sign of the cross, genuflected to the crucifix, then found a pew and knelt in prayer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The monster is going to lead Ramadan prayers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the grey-robed priests tried to get me to come into the church to say the prayers, but I’d heard rumors and ran away whenever I was asked, whether I had my loaf or no. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Being careful of the mangled lip, I dug in, but stopped when the Pastor laid his Frisbee-sized hands on the table, took a few deep breaths and started into this long, rambling prayer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Whenever we were approaching a roadblock, I would quietly start reciting prayers that I hoped would aid my passing through it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“But he isn’t just going to speak, is he? This is a prayer meeting, too, right?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After he’d said the prayer once through, he pulled the yarrow root from my head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The family prayer binds him to his parents, but what if a person no longer believes in prayer? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And sure you hear that sometimes here, men are men after all, but more of the time the Noise is songs or it’s prayers or it’s directed to the work at hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dad would call us together and pick someone to lead us in prayer. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It came only when her chin rested on the heel of her hand or when Jonas mentioned Papa in our evening prayers. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And, most of all, he began to join in the morning prayers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Now read the prayers to me in English.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But why should God or even the Blessed Virgin listen to his prayers, he asked himself, when a can of tuna fish was more important to him than the suffering of Christ. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

For a short moment, I prayed that the American embassy had revoked the visa, before I rebuked myself and asked God to disregard my prayers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I throw my makeshift jai-namaz, my prayer rug, on the floor and I get on my knees, lower my forehead to the ground, my tears soaking through the sheet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When their singing stopped, Pastor Ambrose’s morning prayers sounded even louder. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My prayers worked, and Dad came home with a paper bag full of gifts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about my prayer—that he would get a handle on this whole drinking thing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It turned out I had signed up for a weekend of prayer and singing hymns about Jesus. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Dear God, I know I’m not real big on prayer, but please feel free to rain down fire and brimstone to take me out like you supposedly did at that Sodom and Gomorrah place. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But his renunciation lacked the fire of the original prayer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

June doesn’t know the Saint Anthony prayer, either. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to plug my ears and picture my prayers floating up to God. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It has an angel and some stupid prayer about heaven. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jo’s only answer was to hold her mother close, and in the silence which followed the sincerest prayer she had ever prayed left her heart without words. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others gathered the remains into shrines for secretive, candlelit prayers to the dead, whose powers are recognized by alcohol and cigarettes. salt marsh at the mouth of the Supe. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

If there was some providence or cosmic will, some scheme of energies or even some god or angel answering his prayers tonight, then they had to grant this part, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I gave a silent prayer of thanks that I didn’t seem to be lousy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dusk thickened, conch shells were blown, and the air grew dense with the incense of prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They murmured more prayers Anya didn’t know while they poured water over one hand, then the other, and then, silent, they dried their hands on the cloth squares. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But their deaths still deserved the dignity of a prayer here in the wilderness. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Say a prayer for me and God bless you, my child. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But she still felt that it would only happen, that they would only be able to love each other into eternity, if he were to offer his prayers to God. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rimas said a prayer before opening the envelope. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

God heard my prayer, but he answered it in a way I never could have imagined. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In haste, I made the sign of the cross over my heart, offered up my daily prayer, and listened closely. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My tiny old gran was out the gate, going up and down the block, calling to all the other old grannies for an emergency prayer meeting. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I counted the headlights and said my prayers and fell asleep. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will. I been doing a super power prayer for you all day.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then we placed Charlie’s body near a log, covered him with leaves and bark, and said a prayer. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Each morning, Father Olufemi visits the worship hall to receive prayers and offerings from the temple’s patrons.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Will prayers stop the police from coming, Mama?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lev stands at a window, his prayer shawl over his shoulders, whispering prayers he thinks I can't hear. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bernoffski said a little Polish prayer to start the meal, and I guess that’s what got me thinking about Ted. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She stays a long time with her forehead on the ground, the time we can say our personal prayers to God, so after I finish mine, I add one for her sister in Saudi Arabia. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I repeated his name because it took the place of prayer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to see her mouth to know she’s uttering a prayer. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I wore my knees out praying night after night—I even got up early to get in extra prayers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three remaining fiery fingers lit the nightfire as the sun went down, but they wore their ornate armor as they led the crew in prayer, and their spears were close at hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She and her family often came to this very spot to send prayers of thanks for her life to the holy greyhound. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’s ending now, and there still hasn’t been a prayer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When prayers were said and all the grain was scattered great-hearted Thrasymedes in a flash swung the axe, at one blow cutting through the neck tendons. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid folded his hands, as if in prayer. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Any number of people were milling about, or were on their knees in prayer. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I say it over and over again like a prayer until the rhythm of the words erases my fear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As the first sunlight burned through the thin, blue mist and radiated off the blades, a prayer leader said that the Osage were a “humble people, asking for your help.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Amari was too numb to even remember the words of a prayer. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got tired of having all my prayers ignored. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

According to him, once the Kuhani entered the hall, patrons would be busy making offerings and asking him to relay their specific prayer requests. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Lincoln was sixth on the bill—making “Dedicatory Remarks” after music from Birgfield’s Band and the Marine Band, a prayer, a hymn, and the main speaker. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

As always, she makes a cross on the dashboard with her finger, looks up through the windshield at the sky, and says a prayer for the car to start. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He helps himself to a piece of gelt from the candy bowl, peels the gold foil, and pops the chocolate coin into his mouth before reciting the prayers in Hebrew. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Still, I knew I did not fit into their world, which was governed by ritual and prayer. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He remained alone with his prayers, and they let him be. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The daily prayers were a torment and my knees became sore from kneeling so long and often. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I resolve to be diligent with my tasks and not fall asleep when I say my prayers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thanked God, in an improvised prayer, for having created mud in His infinite and wondrous universe. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Days thirteen and fourteen were filled with prayer and resolve to never go through this again. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The mosque had just opened, and he could smell the faint scent of fresh paint in the wide, airy prayer hall. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I held my hands together as if in prayer. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He rubbed some of the water from the calabash on my forehead and recited more prayers, followed by the proclamation of my name. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Minny say, “Rumor is you got some kind a power prayer, gets better results than just the regular variety.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was halfway through the first line of the Shema, our holiest prayer, and my head stopped hurting. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

After a very long prayer, the minister said, “Surely a simple service would do, then the cremation, just as he’d asked.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I thought of the prayer I had said when I had asked God to help me get two hound pups. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could even finish my prayer, the yellow light disappeared and a bright green one lit up right above it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She places an orange and a few coins by its trunk, and says a short prayer for her daughter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister bowed her head to say a prayer, the way she always does, and I grabbed for her hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After the prayers the principal tells us of coming events, and he also warns us to pick up our chewing gum wrappers and not to moon around in the halls like old married couples. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sank to the bottom and sent up little bubbles, like prayers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time those prayers came through. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Britain’s waving his hand in front of my face, and I send a silent prayer of thanks to the universe for his inebriation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“My prayers are with you,” Father Franco said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Of course there was, because when had He ever answered my prayers? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

To my mind, being in the upstairs meant we were closer to God, and our prayers got there first. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Amá is making such an effort to be a better mother, I’ve decided to be a better daughter, so I agree to attend a prayer group at our church that night. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every fifteen minutes the readers paused for a short prayer: Catholic, Jewish, Unitarian, or Protestant. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Almost every rabbi’s home became a house of prayer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

On July 10, 2015, at dawn, a chief and two dozen members of the Osage Nation gathered beneath the windmills for a prayer to Wah’Kon-Tah. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The boy got heart; I’m in a bad pinch and it seem the good Lord done answered my prayers and sent your boy to fulfill my needs. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Centuries of mortal prayers and burnt offerings had been made it its presence. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you might lead us in prayer now, Reverend,” suggested Mr. Stonecrop. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Which made my prayers the best prayers because English prayers get answered first. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Here I added my own personal prayer to the sun. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, she spoke a quick prayer in the language of her Saints and began the steep climb down the outer wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A belief in God and the rituals surrounding that belief— church every Sunday, grace before meals, prayers before bed— were an important part of the Deweys’ existence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time Francie began the prayer, Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, her grandmother’s face came before her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the effect of this rearrangement is to make the mass seem less a prayer directed to God, more a communal celebration of the Eucharist. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father liked the rooster’s call because it helped him perform his morning prayers on time. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I recite the Periodic Table of Elements like a prayer; I take my examinations as Holy Communion, and the pass of the first semester was a sacrament. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that is how I happened to suspend my tree prayers and tell them about Phoebe Winterbottom, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Let’s pray like they do on TV and in church,” I said, remembering the way Halmoni’s prayers and rocking always made me feel better. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But he was also doing what we never did: he was leaving the table before Papa had said the prayer after meals. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He runs his fingers through my hair, clearing stray strands away from my neck as he recites my prayer for me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He said it like it was a prayer he was clutching in both hands. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At special occasions, one is duty-bound to recite the following prayer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brings Malachy and me to Eugene to kneel and say a prayer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They’d run into each other at Friday prayers and become reacquainted. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When I tell him about the colored maids filing past me after the prayer meeting, I feel a swell of pride over what we’ve done. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We could hear him chanting his prayers hour after hour. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The nuns sigh with contentment as they do when their bellies are full of wholesome food and their souls sated with prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I’m truly sorry that I forgot to start that lesson with a prayer.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the back seat, brimming with hidden intentions, Ben drifted like a cloud into secret prayer leaning back on his pillow and silently turning his thoughts to God. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The merchant didn’t respond, but that afternoon, after saying his prayers and closing the shop, he invited the boy to sit with him and share his hookah, that strange pipe used by the Arabs. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner we all went to the front room where the priest took a small book from his jacket to recite some prayers, consecrating our house and our family. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the prayers was answered, but often God had other plans. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the men who’d been beating them just moments earlier were all kneeling as if in prayer. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When we finished saying Hail Mary about three hundred times, we said our personal prayers silently, which was kept to a minimum, since our knees would be killing us by then. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the hours before the Wednesday night prayer meeting at the church, she made several long visits to the bathroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn had come, and the Stromford church was announcing early morning prayers, Prime. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lev reaches overhead and takes down the viola and our modest bag with all our worldly possessions: our travel papers, a change of clothes, Lev's prayer book. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The squirrel sat looking at him, its paws folded in front as if it might be saying its prayers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I love you both. Tell your mother I love her. Tell her to think of the oak tree. Say your prayers, children, and I will hear them. Pray for Lithuania. Now run back. Hurry!” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grandma had waited on Him since she was young, all those years, but He hadn't heard her prayers and rescued her from Little Rock. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A string of Buddhist prayer flags snapped furiously in the wind. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Celia put her hand on mine and left the prayer notes on the counter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He was seen in church at night, on his knees, moving his lips over prayers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tía Cuca came in, murmured a prayer, and scooped the twins up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the way down the ramp, I hold my breath, repeating stow, slow in my head like a prayer, so he doesn’t go too fast and tip or fall. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In agony, I made the sign of the cross over my heart, and made a prayer for Bear’s safety. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

No prayer, no cure from the modern doctor two towns over, no remedies of the field offered shyly and secretly by his parishioners. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And with the Council’s man watching, the campers made their hands into shallow cups and pulled the air over their heads and faces, making prayers out of ashes and smoke. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

What the machines print is prayers, roll upon roll, prayers going out endlessly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fed her powdered eggshell so her milk would be good and her teeth strong, and recited the prayers of Bethlehem for a healthy delivery. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We get back to the base, remind me to memorize a prayer.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I can think of to help are Lita’s prayers for me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If she were here, all she’d have to do was take our hands and offer a prayer and everyone would quiet down and listen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I pull out my chain and put the little cross in my mouth, but I can’t come up with the words for a simple prayer of thanks. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When the prayer was ended, the thanks repeated and the goodnights said, Rachel saw her guests to the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, half a hundred prayer candles burned in a fragrant silence. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lately, I found myself looking forward more and more to my daily prayers. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With the whole theme in mind, in an attitude almost akin to prayer, I gave myself up to the story. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But I like to think one prayer has been answered.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Through the prayers, hymns, and stories that neighbors stood up to tell, Peach moaned every time the word death was used. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

An older lady mouths prayers with a string of beads in her hand. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I put in my own prayer to Annabeth’s mom, hoping I was right that it had been her in that elevator—that she was trying to help us save her daughter. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I had said Shacharis so many times, I didn’t even need to concentrate on the prayers’ words. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Each time it happened, Roger whispered a little prayer of gratitude that so far his own family had managed to hang on to their house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I go to my next class, saying a prayer in my head as I walk down the hall. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Every Friday and Saturday he stands outside with his stack of writings about what prayer and God can do to change your life. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been thinking, that maybe we should have a proper burial. For the baby, I mean. Just us, a few prayers, nothing more.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It means you shouldn’t mention God except in prayers.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was dull and flat, like a teacher offering a prayer before sit-down dinner. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Meetings were opened and closed with prayer and the singing of freedom songs—often hymns and spirituals. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the one prayer he could think of that God might accept from him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He carried Robin in and out of halls and chambers, kitchen and parlor, cloisters and outer court; through refectory and almonry, stopping, as always, in the chapel to say a prayer. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to think it like a prayer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So I hum "Träumerei" again and I sway him, rocking, a lullaby, a prayer. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was holding on to that notebook like it was a prayer from heaven. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It lashed us hard, answering months of prayers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the prayer was finished, Cole’s parents and their lawyer immediately began putting on their coats to leave. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The sisters, members of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal prayer group, soon arrived, and their Igbo songs, accompanied by robust hand clapping, echoed upstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Roths always let each of the kids light a candle on the menorah, and when it’s my turn, I say a prayer in my head for Grams and Grandpa and Mango. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

After the Pledge of Allegiance and morning prayer, Mrs. Grayson announced that they had a great deal to do that day, including arithmetic for all grades. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The soft sounds of the prayers being chanted and sung make me feel loved, like you’re there, watching. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The twins stirred beside me, but they kept their heads bowed and their eyes closed in prayer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you hear Imam Malik talk about it before prayer?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I began to read aloud and found to my shame that this was nobook of prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She was filled up with prayer and had been talking to the Lord all morning. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

But there it stood in the Nolan parlor, a real true miracle that had come without a wish or a prayer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day while killing my hour of prayer, I remembered a series of volumes of Indian history I had read the year before. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dyedka stood at the end, even though, as a Slavist, he could have just sat at the table and ignored their prayers. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He knew the phrase, some prayer of her faith. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Briony, who had been on her knees in a pretense of prayer, stood and turned to face the procession as it reached her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The hushed journeyers with Christ answered the priest’s prayer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped to his knees and uttered a short prayer. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I knelt in the chapel every day, hold-ing the smooth, cool rosary beads Sister gave me, play-ing them one by one through my fingers as I repeated the prayers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of saying a prayer, but I couldn’t think of one. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few lines before I say my prayers. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Laura and Mary had said their prayers and were tucked snugly under the trundle bed’s covers, Pa was sitting in the firelight with the fiddle. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re not part of the prayer, the demon might leave our house and go to your house and curse you. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I hung up the phone and said a silent prayer: Thank you, God, that I don’t live in Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bells began to tinkle; at their sound the priests began intoning the prayers, one taking up where the other left off. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robby Edmondson says a short prayer, then everyone locks arms and moves together in a circle as they chant, “Love you. Love you. Love you.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pour every prayer and blessing into the dishes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Let’s say a prayer, thanking the Blessed Mother for a safe trip.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Lumley, do you say your prayers before bedtime, may I ask?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Doc said a prayer and instructed us to walk backward out of the graveyard because we didn’t want to bring any haints home with us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And it is in that moment, with the prayers coming from George’s lips and the care coming from Dr. Martin’s hands, that Axel sees the unmistakable rise and fall of Ray’s barrel of a chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A shower then completed the whole body’s purification in readiness for prayer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among their voices but silent, I traced, then lost, the sounds of individual aunts in the surge of the common prayer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to my mother and asked her if God answered prayers every time one was said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At exactly that point, we heard the school bell ringing in the distance and we had to gallop the rest of the way so as not to be late for prayers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watched by the Muslims, I kept practicing prayer posture. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His long, fluffy white beard hung down his chest, and a prayer cap covered his bald head. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And instead of buying Ma a new prayer book, I helped Pa make an audio file of him reciting her favorite Bible verses to listen to every morning. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Papa. Good evening,” I said, and then I wondered if he could tell that I had eaten after saying a too short prayer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are five different prayers: for health, wealth, a death, a birth, a sin. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Graceful and loving Mother, hear our prayers,” he whispered, hoping she could hear him over the din of lost souls. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

This is the boy who heard our last confession on earth, they chanted as if in prayer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Making mock of another man’s prayer is fool’s work, Pyp. And dangerous.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she bowed her head, closed her eyes, and quietly said a little prayer for Mrs. Slater. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In his public school, nuns and priests taught the Catholic prayers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now say your prayers and go to sleep. I'm sure you’ll feel better in the morning.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron’s in there, too, back from his walk and preaching over the prayers. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She still hovered in the window every day, mouthing the words I’ll be back, her prayer, her incantation, but her prayers weren’t working. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The chemist gave us the pills, we stopped to say the prayers, and when we returned to the room, Grandma gave Dad money to bring a few bottles of stout from the pub. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Alex prayed for all those who were gone, and his prayers were heartfelt. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Some of the women murmured prayers under their breath. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised up her hands in the gesture of a prayer. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, after we’d done our prayers with the beads, I could not remember how to cross myself right, getting it mixed up like you would expect any Baptist-raised person to do. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She murmured a prayer under her breath when she untied Dollie. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt as if her prayers for me were being answered. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Pong's pulse galloped as he waited for the old monk to finish his prayers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter had let it be known when she first arrived that she was a holy woman engaged in meditation and prayer, and under a vow never to speak to a man. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I would go into the dining room upon some petty errand and find Granny kneeling, her head resting on a chair, uttering my name in a tensely whispered prayer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last one of those he wounded prayed a prayer and it was answered by the gods: “May he who loves not others love himself.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I stopped saying my prayers and everything because I was so mad. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With songs and prayers, the seeds sprouted, grew, and shot upward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I remember the musty living room, full of those old Christ pictures, prayers woven into tapestries, statuettes of the crucifixion, other religious objects on the mantel, shelves, table tops, walls, everywhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood, said our hurried goodbyes, our whispered prayers and endearments. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these people’s prayers and support had saved my life. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But this is only a wish because my mother—the powerful mambo—is not here with her songs and prayers and drums and offerings to make it so. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hear Nanni’s voice in my head, another prayer she used to whisper over me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In the morning Zeitoun rose early, said his prayers, and paddled across the street to feed the dogs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My mother and Ultima sang some prayers, part of a novena we had promised for the safe delivery of my brothers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And Aibileen, I thank you for putting me on your prayer list. My angina sure is better now. I call you this weekend and we catch up.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This was in answer to the prayers of the faithful, who had never ceased, both day and night, to cry out for deliverance. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to leave him; but I knew there wasn’t any use in arguing, so I said goodnight to Father and Mother, said some prayers, and went upstairs. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With it in my hands, I began to say my prayers in a low voice. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

So in fact the prayer in the song is useless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had different prayers to be said at different hours, day in and day out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Still staring at his outstretched hand, forever pointing toward an unreachable horizon, Celaena said a silent prayer for the dead Champion, and wished him well. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In this particular instance the medicine had proved ineffective; there wasn’t enough enamel left to hook a string on, and the prayers were being ignored because the Balancing Angel was blocking their passage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was sinking low and the evening call to prayer from the village mosque echoed across the pond. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were overexposed shots of roses, hands pressed together in prayer, more selfies of Maya and Claire together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They knelt down by the trundle bed and said their prayers. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even now, inside the prayer, Henry knew that it was over. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lying there I listen carefully to the sounds that wrap round me like a shawl—the laughings, the cryings, the songs, the prayers of the many voices of the people bunched so close. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Olanna smiled gently and said nothing because she knew that this man, with his prayer beads dangling from his rearview mirror, needed to believe that. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The old man had a weak voice, and I could barely hear him over the prayers of the worshipers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My mom tilts her head to the ceiling and raises her hands to prayer position. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

So I take out my notebook, intending to start on my prayers, but I’m just too deep worrying about Miss Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The white vapour of the kiln was passing from us as we went by, and as I had thought a prayer before, I thought a thanksgiving now. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Meeting people, organizing a school, scheduling regular prayers, divvying up work. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You think that’s how you become a man, by chanting a few prayers?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I asked God to help me get through it, and my prayers were answered. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She seemed so focused and at peace during these moments of prayer and contemplation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It was a miracle,” I said, remembering how Mamá had made Torito an outfit just like the one the Holy Child Jesus wore in a picture prayer card Papá carried in his wallet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Pastor Dames ends his sermon with a prayer, asking God to give us all the strength to continue to do good even in the face of pain and injustice. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some people closed their eyes and muttered prayers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It took him only three days to earn the place of honor in her nightly prayers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The charred and bloodied bodies of relatives remained where they had fallen, with no one to perform proper rites for burials, no one to say the prayers for the dead. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she stood near the spot where she, too, would soon be buried, as if offering a mourning prayer to herself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

OMG, was she thinking of the times Fizz and I used to whisper to each other in prayer when our foreheads were on the ground and we thought no one was watching us? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I inhaled the dawn four times, giving a prayer to myself, to the new day, and to all that exists. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brief prayers were muttered for Martin’s soul, and then people began trading theories. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And that was all I could fit in my prayer. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My prayers to the Virgencita to bring her around had been answered. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I probably just would have said a prayer or something. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes again and she whispers a prayer, her hand touching my forehead and then passing across my chest and shoulders. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

An old, gray-bearded man went up to the large podium, put on a prayer shawl, and started the service. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The branches of the trees looked as if they were holding hands and bowing their heads in prayer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She did find solace in prayer and in her faith. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said a prayer of thanks when, at after-noon’s end, I found it still there. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pray that one day I won’t ever have to pray these kinds of prayers. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I pulled out kirtles, caps, and bodices, the gilded prayer book and a cracked looking glass Gertrude had given me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Given the nature of hunting, not to mention me, I understood this as less a prediction than a prayer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He said a prayer over the ewe, a prayer of sacrifice, and then asked Fabian to slaughter it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But Werner hears it in his right ear like a distant prayer. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The voices of her children joined her in an uneven chorus that lacked some of the fire and fervor of the first five prayers for their father’s safe and punctual return. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeated it like a prayer until finally I fell asleep, too. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Still saying my prayer and making promises, I heard a sharp metallic sound. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the completion of the prayer, the Villac Uma made ready to pour the contents of the silver goblet into a still pool of water resting within a flat oval stone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Apologizing, he whispered a Bible verse, and we sat quietly listening to Grandma India say the special prayer. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever I prayed, my grandmother would say, “That prayer is going to get answered. I can feel it.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I loved hearing the prayers resonate throughout the building. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

My grandmother believed in the power of prayer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Buddha was answering prayers on the other side. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But thoughts and prayers weren’t enough to save any of those people in any of those places from getting shot. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was his birthday, and Habib had promised to take the boys to Toys“R”Us after prayers to pick out a present. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She handed him to Hassan and he handed him to me and I sang the prayer of Ayat-ul-kursi in that little boy’s ear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was very late in the afternoon, and I could think of no more prayers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My prayers are with you,” Alex said as he saw his uncle out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Amu, “uncle” in Arabic, is Mom’s brother and the imam, or prayer leader, of the mosque here in town. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I never learned any prayers, so I wander away into the fields, beyond the gates and watchtowers, as far from the barracks and bodies as my atrophied muscles will carry me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a ship leaving the harbor, its whistle resigned as an abbot in prayer, fracturing the dusk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the end of August, when churches throughout the country held a day of prayer for him, Reyburn told Garfield about the many people praying for him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the day when prayers and songs would be offered to ask help for me, my clothes would be there, in the hands of my family. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whispered the news to me, gave me a big kiss, and left to say prayers of thanks. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Billy had a framed prayer on his office wall which expressed his method for keeping going, even though he was unenthusiastic about living. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do their prayers also vanish on the wind, or do they pierce the dome of heaven and reach God’s ear? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep in the midst of these vain prayers, and when I awaken, my knees ache from the cold stone floor and my hands are numb. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Let us pray,” he said slowly; but Turner thought that the prayer he prayed wasn’t rising much above First Congregational’s steeple. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As she finished her prayer the two lads sank to the ground. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Beetle had known any prayers, she might have prayed for the cat. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

With this verse in mind and a hopeful prayer in my heart I entered the halls of Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben Meecham wanted to pray but he was afraid he was not worthy of prayer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family prayer says they should be joined intimately to one another. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Saint Sarah’s family moved here two years ago, when Fizz and I had learned to actually pray during prayers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

What I saw was a woman grown, with her own mind, her own prayers, who no longer sat, childlike, at her father’s feet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I may not sit with the nuns in the sanctuary of the chapel, but I pray their prayers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“They send their prayers and blessings for Dapir. And for us all.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Usually it happened in the evenings when we did our prayers before Our Lady of Chains. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer said a prayer to the Fates, grabbed the engagement lever, and jumped free. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As a group, throughout mass, the congregation responds to the priest with various prayers; one listens to a steady flow of prayers said in English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They traced their philosophy to Thoreau and Gandhi, debating the great works of civil disobedience at Floyd McKissick’s office on Main Street in study and prayer sessions that often lasted all night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Autobiography of Malcolm X is evidence of one man’s will and belief in prayer and purpose. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stifle a laugh and say a silent prayer that our recipe doesn’t taste like Mom’s Pepto-Bismol sardine sauce. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

You said You’d heed prayer, Lord, and I’m asking this in the name of Your son.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My prayers are answered, because Jasmine nods and leaves it alone. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Though unsettled by his words, I turned away and made my prayers, the cross in my hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dany said a silent prayer that somewhere one of the Harpy’s Sons was dying even now, clutching at his belly and writhing in pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Breathing a prayer, she put him back in his place, and closed the doors of the larium gently. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even the women at prayer meeting who cried when he sang “In the Sweet By-and-By” never tried to get him to participate in the church activities. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Isaac declaimed a prayer of his own devising. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She pointed to Fern, who was proud of her protest poem disguised as our dinnertime prayer. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"Could he have saved my life? Healed my wounds with yarrow and a prayer?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I just propped up Annabeth so she wouldn’t fall off, covered her in the Golden Fleece that we’d been through so much to get, and said a silent prayer of thanks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed a prayer and crossed her forehead. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dumbledore in Harry’s head smiled, surveying Harry over the tips of his fingers, pressed together as if in prayer. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They took more pollen, more beads, and more prayer sticks, and they went to see old Buzzard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had only broken prayer to fuss with Pa about Miss Marva Hendrix. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Quickly, Rashid slipped off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pants in order to wash and get ready for prayers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After the songs and the prayers, Pastor Patton finally went to the pulpit to preach. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Right before the bout started I recited a quick prayer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was one word, one syllable, which without thinking he spoke indistinctly, the ancient beginning and ending of all Brahmin prayers, the holy Om, which had the meaning of "the Perfect One” or "Perfection.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They said to come by after noon prayers to discuss the date of the next meet. Maybe Wednesday if her dad can reschedule an appointment.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She brought the prayer notes from Mass where Arturo had been listed that first Sunday in the bulletin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I got my prayer book out so I can write some things down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Part of each day was spent in religious meetings, prayer, and study. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The cab skids away, and I hold my bag close and shut my eyes and say a frantic prayer that it all goes off okay. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the old monk explains to him what will happen if the prayer is said incessantly. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

One by one people offer prayers and kind words for my parents. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Lapped by the prayers of years, we sit in silence. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although these practices vary from one community to the next, at the core of each dance, of each song, of each prayer is a commemoration of the gift of corn. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

We heard a call for prayer that echoed throughout the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Dozens of white prayer candles illuminated the stonework of its worship hall—one hundred ninety-two at a quick count—arranged on built-in shelves that reached all the way up to its vaulted ceilings. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Christmas mornings of his youth had been suffocated under an excess of piety, prayer, and silence, as if a giant wool blanket had settled over the house. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

After every rocket blast, Laila raced to the street, stammering a prayer, certain that, this time, surely this time, it was Tariq they would find buried beneath the rubble and smoke. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He says the boy had cut himself deeply and had lost a great deal of blood and my mouth begins to mutter that prayer again: La illaha il Allah, Muhammad u rasul ullah. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A muezzin gave the last call to prayer of the day over a loudspeaker from the nearby mosque and all the relatives rose up in unison and turned their backs on Liyana’s family. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Morning prayers were done, so it was mostly empty, except for tourists like us. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered why they were praying for me and not my father, but like the stew, the prayer calmed my stomach. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It’s the October 1994, fortieth-anniversary gala of the New Brown Memorial Baptist Church, and a deacon stands before the audience to muster them up for prayer. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to say an extra prayer for you.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a ritual as serious as the morning prayers of a missionary, and one which I took pains to finish well before Caroline could be expected to wake up. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came the murmurs and the mutters, whispered curses, whispered prayers, the hornets stirring in their hive. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Tonight, we are going to lift our prayers to God. We will march peacefully down the streets of Jackson next Tuesday. And in August, I will see you in Washington to march with Doctor King.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Shady cleared his throat and began what sounded more like a toast than a prayer. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If we hadn’t—“Then go to your room and finish . . . then say your prayers and go to bed.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat there, staring at the first psalm of the service and thinking of the almost new prayer book I had held in my hands that morning. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After a prayer and a hymn, the kids had to go to their Sunday school classes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t read Ancient Greek, but he guessed they were prayers or supplications to the dead, written by pilgrims thousands of years ago. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But neither prayer nor dawn had brought him certainty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he drives by the home of Alvin and Beulah Williams, the pastor and his wife, he says a quick prayer for them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Kneeling between August and June for evening prayers to Our Lady. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother’s patience got shorter and his prayers got longer as I drove around in circles as if I were on a merry-go-round. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I placed my hands together in a prayer position and bowed at him, our way of saying thanks in Shona. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“An ancient ritual, Your Radiance. Three Graces shall be present to witness the examination and say the proper prayers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Build us up where we’re tom down . . . Bless the sick and the afflicted . . .” It was the usual prayer. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d repeated the prayer several times and could recite most of it without stumbling, she taught me how to cross myself. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Grandma said a prayer with me that night. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Both were invited to a rollerdome on the South Side where, to their mutual horror, they found themselves at Gospel Roller-skating Night, complete with pauses for prayer. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day as Jones knelt in prayer at the altar, white trustees grabbed him and ordered him to sit in the back of the church. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

That done, the meeting opened with prayers and hymn singing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I take a breath and continue down the stairs, a prayer on my lips. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He would wash, put the mat by the window, and stand, bend, kneel, touch his forehead to the ground, and stand again while he said his prayers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Soothed a little by the thought I drifted into sleep, broken often by bells ringing and the low rat-tat of drums for the prayers which went on at intervals throughout the night. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God’s will! How do you know God’s will? Does he speak to you about me, and not deign to answer my prayers?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I wanted to answer her prayer—I was barely more than ten miles from the mountain—but I knew what unspoken pact I would be making as I walked through that door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The local minister—who I’d only met once before—was in the middle of his closing prayer when I glanced over and saw a tiny kitten. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Because of the singsong cadence, Jonathan sensed it was a prayer and wished he knew its meaning. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rit said, “May the Lord be praised, it’s an answer to my prayer, to my prayer. May the Lord be praised.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Friday night and Saturday morning at Sabbath services in the synagogue, I would stand next to my grandfather, bowing my head when he did and following his lead through the prayers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

We need some prayer in our lives, she adds. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Merry Christmas to you and yours, dear Celie. continent with prayer and song and a large picnic complete with watermelon, fresh fruit punch, and barbecue! The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Give my warmest embraces to my sisters and tell them they are constantly in their brother’s prayers. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He tells me my brothers are all praying for me, that I should be a good boy, obey the doctors, the nuns, the nurses, and don’t forget to say my prayers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Hoping for a miracle, my mom began praying a novena, which is a series of prayers asking for special graces from God. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He opened the front door and thought he had walked into a prayer meeting. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Fern and I ganged up on her before nighttime reading, prayer, and lights-out. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"I'll be reciting the prayers for Baba," I say, shocking the entire room into silence. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As we pulled onto the Ohio Turnpike, which is the flattest, straightest piece of road in Gods whole creation, Gram interrupted my prayers. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

On a wing and a prayer after quitting college he had scrounged up enough money to buy a dump truck in Crane. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. The chanting woke me. The call to prayer. Right?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The principal welcomed “parents and friends” and asked the Baptist minister to lead us in prayer. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that my prayers will ease my heart, so I get up. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Next to me, Farid’s Adam's apple bobbed up and down as he mumbled a prayer under his breath. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They gave her blue pollen and yellow pollen they gave her turquoise beads they gave her prayer sticks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just before they are led outside, Mary asks permission to kneel in prayer. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Du Barry is wringing her prayer beads, and Elisabeth has bitten her lips raw. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At six o’clock in the morning every day, people would gather outside in the middle of the camp for prayers with the pastor. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“People would be surprised if they knew how much in this world was due to prayers.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You seem to take a great deal of comfort in your prayers, Esther, and always come down looking quiet and satisfied. I wish I could.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose that is because when I was about four and first heard about prayers, I was told that they flew up to heaven. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But I had never known him to have any dealings with churches or hold any kind of prayer meeting in his home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was smiling to herself, mouthing a prayer to God. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The hero’s sword ran him through and he died in the midst of his prayer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whimpered a quick prayer, then sat there still as a statue until he figured the danger had passed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I will do the songs. But grandparents’ prayers for their grandkids are the strongest kind. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Nommo rains from a cloud, rises in the vapor from a human mouth: a song, a scream, a prayer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down in the middle of the circle and led the team in prayer, as he did before every game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tennyson and the Pre-Raphaelites would have found it difficult to recognize this rather sullen and unsatisfactory child, with the ugly face, who did not disclose to anybody that he was living on dreams and prayers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to forever remember this man in my prayers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the prayer I said when I needed hope and wasn’t in a hurry. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

That was as close to prayer as he could offer. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

After prayer, we say good night to each other and go to our rooms. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As for Ted, well, he was pacing the room, all robed up in his black preacher gear—I guess he didn’t do prayers in the hockey jersey—and ready to go. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

For which, each night when I said my prayers, my mother always asked that I remember this same McFergus, and pray that he was well, and still walked in the ways of righteousness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Which is when I know the prayer is over. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

If he found himself near home during the afternoon prayers, he would stop, but otherwise he prayed wherever he was, on any job. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

"In this house that their father bought. Please let the prayers begin for his soul." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because it was a selfish prayer, and selfish prayers don’t get answered. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

In Kelanna, when you die, they don’t say prayers for you, for they have no heaven and no gods to pray to. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

—All newcomers should memorize, as soon as possible, several special hymns, the Lord’s prayer and several passages from the Bible, to be sung and recited during morning assembly and at dismissal in the afternoon. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally in church we had to pray for the King and Parliament and that was a nuisance because it made the prayers go on longer. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unrolled the green ribbon and placed the gold disc in the palm of my hand, feeling its distinctive weight as I sent up a silent prayer of gratitude. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He leads a prayer for dead migrants who are buried here. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He left the office, then went to the nave, genuflected at the crucifix, then knelt in prayer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a few, the younger arid more foolish who still believed that the gods heard the prayers of desperate men, took it for deliverance. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I hear Dadi’s high-pitched singing in the background, her Hindu songs and Kazi’s Muslim prayers, a sweet, rich music together. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z