kneel
Example Sentences
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Once, during a demonstration outside a cafeteria, as police were about to arrest the demonstrators, Jackson suggested they kneel and recite the Lord’s Prayer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
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
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
I go and kneel in front of her in the lantern light so she can look in my eyes.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Vocabulary lists containing kneel
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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