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

In another instance captured on video, a U.S. citizen is splayed out on a sidewalk in El Monte as two men with vests that read “Border Patrol” kneel over him.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Dr Baksheiev and his team would have to use anything available as an examination table, including old sofas, meaning he would have to kneel on the floor to conduct examinations.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

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

From Salon • May 13, 2025

We kneel together and disassemble the castle towers.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na