genuflection

Example Sentences

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He saw the tribal genuflection as “an empty, performative act” that implied “UW’s presence is somehow illegitimate, shameful, morally wrong.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

At earlier hearings, university presidents opted for strategies of conciliatory genuflection or drab, lawyerly answers.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

But Adam didn’t do rhyme and meter, for one thing — too much like mandatory genuflection in church, he once remarked.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

Pay close attention to appreciate the artful genuflection to classics like "Excalibur."

From Salon • May 21, 2021

It was Father Ricardo, and as he made the genuflection, it was seen that his face was irradiated by profound emotion.

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah