genuflected

Example Sentences

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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

“Everybody sort of genuflected to Hazel because she was this little dynamo,” said David Peterson, a former Liberal premier of Ontario between 1985 and 1990.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022

At the biggest annual festival in Gbaramatu, women danced and genuflected before the king.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2021

We flat out refused, but Mom went up in front of the mourners, genuflected with a grand sweep, and then kissed Erma’s cheek so vigorously that you could hear the puckering sound throughout the chapel.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls