prayer, not a
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When the Pope closed his remarks with the words, “God bless America,” it was a prayer, not a boast.
From Time • Sep. 23, 2015
There he went straight to his study, but, kneeling, found he could not pray the simplest prayer; not a word would come, and he could not pray without words!
From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George
He meant her spiritual salvation, not her personal safety: it was a prayer, not a threat.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
It was a prayer, not a curse, and he flung the door open to go out and meet these horsemen who had appeared so providentially.
From The Lost Wagon by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
The men present were a fact, a reality, and not a system,—it was a prayer, not a religion.
From The Chouans by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
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