bending of the knee
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They must also keep one leg straight until it passes their body, meaning no bending of the knee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
Knee flexion is the bending of the knee to bring the foot toward the posterior thigh, and extension is the straightening of the knee.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
"After all, what is a bending of the knee if it can help relations between two countries?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Prayer is not an act of worship merely, the bending of the knee on set occasions, and offering petitions in need.
From Friendship by Hugh Black
The wearing of a certain dress, the bending of the knee, the muttering of a phrase, may flatter an earthly sovereign and gain a seat at his banquets.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
