bend down
Example Sentences
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At the Louvre, the impulse is not to revere Franklin, gazing out from inside his vitrine, but to approach him—to bend down, to look him in the eye.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
As Catherine handed Lily-Rose back her banana the young girl threw it on the floor and the princess had to bend down to retrieve it.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
When a cute pooch stares up at you, all you want to do is bend down and scratch their belly.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 19, 2023
Something will get caught on the fabric and I’ll struggle to get them out, or worse, drop them on the ground, necessitating I bend down to pick them up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
I don’t want to bend down and stare at her face, because that would just be weird.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
