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
The poacher offerered to kneel and apologise, telling Silva that he only came to the field to look at birds.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
It took several officers to get Hodgson to kneel on the ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
"You don’t know whether to stand . . . or kneel."
From Salon • May 13, 2025
Viola slips a little from my grasp and I have to kneel to catch her.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing kneel
Unit 1: Telling Details
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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