kneel

Once, during a demonstration outside a cafeteria, as police were about to arrest the demonstrators, Jackson suggested they kneel and recite the Lord’s Prayer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

With only 18 seconds left after that game-tying score, the Rams opted to kneel and send the game to overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

"You don’t know whether to stand . . . or kneel."

From Salon ● May 13, 2025

Businessmen from all over Europe would choose your port to set out from if they knew they could kneel at the altar of this champion of mariners.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024

I grab a few jerky bits from the top of the ledge, then kneel down and place them in front of her.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Seeing all this, a woman kneels and cries out between sobs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

He kneels to the ground in the video so officers can take him into custody.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Braving snakes and brushing feeder ticks from his clothes and gear, he kneels beside a pine tree on the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and starts drilling holes.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2023

She kneels, and Huxley walks around her; then he kneels, and she walks around him.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2023

Ignoring me, Nigel kneels and starts digging with his hands.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

On Tuesday in Glen Allen, onlookers kneeled and offered fruit, police officers shook the monks' hands, and the monks presented people with blessing threads and other gifts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

South Florida's NBC6 reports the men kneeled, clapped their hands together, and waved their shirts at the passing helicopter.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

And then finally, a few minutes later, the wing, kneeled, retrieved it and, after dropping it on the floor, placed it back in his mouth.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

Before chairs with a back and arm rests debuted as a status symbol among ancient Egyptians about 5,000 years ago, he says that humans mostly kneeled or squatted for about 2 million years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

He had kneeled next to Derek almost all night, and when he tried to stand, his knees almost buckled.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

After a young woman knelt down and reached her hand into the pool Monday, she was quickly approached by a National Park Service official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

She knelt in front of the first officer she saw, told him she’d fled the colectivos, and pleaded for a chance to seek asylum.

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026

On reaching his hundred, Head saluted the crowd and then knelt to kiss a batting surface that treats him so well.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

And then she knelt down in quiet prayer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

Torak knelt and buried his face in Wolf’s fur.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

A resident driving in the area where the fire started spotted a man kneeling in grass before standing up and “looking very nervous,” Nowels said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

An image widely circulated online in Thailand purported to show Macron kneeling as he presented the awards.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

A small enclosure was erected as artisan Gianluca Galli began the restoration - kneeling before the mosaic as he cut new pieces of stone by hand.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Other activists are shown kneeling on the deck of a ship as the Israeli national anthem is played.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Nicasia pressed against my shoulders harder as she stood up from kneeling.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago