kneel

Example Sentences

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With only 18 seconds left after that game-tying score, the Rams opted to kneel and send the game to overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

"You don’t know whether to stand . . . or kneel."

From Salon • May 13, 2025

Businessmen from all over Europe would choose your port to set out from if they knew they could kneel at the altar of this champion of mariners.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

"One of the punishments that I could have in school was having to kneel for half an hour because the guy behind me was messing with my chair," he recalled.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024

Furious, I head for the stream and kneel beside a couple of men watering zebras.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen