I've heard it said that English is for making money, French for making love, and Spanish for praying to God.
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Praying
Synonyms for "praying" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (6)
Noun(5 words)
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More general
7 entriesdevotional practicedevotional qualityreligious activityreligious attributereligious practiceritual activityspiritual trait
More specific
8 entriescollective prayingintercessionintercessoryliturgical prayingpetitionprivate prayingsupplicationsupplicatory
Collocations
15 entriescollective prayingdaily prayingprayer bookprayer circleprayer groupprayer servicepraying communitypraying grouppraying handspraying mantispraying monkpraying postureprivate prayingpublic prayingthe praying
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
We are all praying for Japan.
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It's a bit too late for praying.
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I respect the praying mantis as a living creature!
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