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

“It’s only a movie, and … a much less impressive one than all the accompanying genuflection would have you believe.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

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

From Salon • May 21, 2021

When the Pope is about to make the first genuflection, the choir begins to sing the improperii, the sentiments of which, and the chant composed by Palestrina 92, are admirably adapted to the pathetic ceremony.

From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Baggs, Charles Michael