genuflect

Shows like “Top Chef” teach us to genuflect at the altars of celebrity culinarians, viewing their restaurants and signature dishes as luxury experiences as opposed to showing regular folks how to think innovatively about dinner.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

“Every time I pass one,” he said, “I genuflect and say, ‘Thank you for the house, my kids’ education and the fact that we don’t have to eat cheese grits anymore.’

From Washington Post ● May 26, 2021

“Instead, the faithful are requested to genuflect or make a profound bow as they venerate the cross,” said Archbishop Romulo Valles, who heads the bishops’ conference.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2020

Candidates now publicly genuflect before him, as Beto O’Rourke did when the former Texas congressman took the stage soon after the conference got underway Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019

If I do it just right, the crowd gasps aloud — they genuflect, weep, stretch their hands out, and touch.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

Mapplethorpe genuflects at the altar of that icon with a platinum portrait of Warhol, backed by a halo of light and surrounded by silk panels that form a cross.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Without anything divine to revere, American home and landscape design largely genuflects at the altar of the market.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025

But “The Andromeda Evolution” genuflects appropriately to the 1969 novel that instantly infected pop culture.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2019

He blesses himself, genuflects again, and goes back into the sacristy.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2018

During the Mass the priest frequently makes the Sign of the Cross, genuflects or bends the knee before the altar, strikes his breast, etc.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.

He hired people because they genuflected to him, not because they had any expertise.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

Former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers genuflected: “I bow at your feet.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022

As he is wont to do, Bill Shaikin once again genuflected at the Dodger altar and — cue the harp music — sang the praises of Chase Utley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2018

Naturally, I paid particular attention to – genuflected in front of, in Divish’s phrase – the display for Koufax, my boyhood idol.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2016

I genuflected at the font of holy water, wet my fingertips, and made the sign of the cross.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Over decades of presidential campaigns, the Iowa way has been to hop from town to town, taking questions from all comers and genuflecting to the local culinary traditions.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

The figures, dubbed the “kneeling attendants” by curators, crouch as if genuflecting.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

“I’d rather this whole thing just be over,” he said as he peeled off his mask after genuflecting toward the tabernacle, passing Cowles and walking out of church on a recent Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2020

I like this Sprint commercial, which spends a mere four seconds genuflecting to our troubled times before breathlessly detailing all of the exciting deals that await you if you switch wireless carriers this very minute.

From Slate ● May 21, 2020

“Sorrento has tried everything but genuflecting, doing a little dance, and sticking his pinky finger in the keyhole.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline