1.   They stared with fixed smiles while the monk prayed for their contentment.

2.   The monks pray as they work, and they work long and hard hours.

3.   When the monks pray, their words reverberate.

4.   A thousand monks prayed for him.

5.   Buddhist monks prayed quietly for the souls of six Taiwanese after a one-day excursion to the Grand Canyon turned deadly.

6.   Relatives held memorial services Monday at a square where monks prayed for the souls of the dead.

7.   Weary and in failing health after his journey, the monk prayed in a forest on the banks of the Strypa River and dreamed he saw the Virgin Mary.