kneel
Example Sentences
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She knelt before me and began yanking at my trouser cuff.
From Literature
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On Tuesday in Glen Allen, onlookers kneeled and offered fruit, police officers shook the monks' hands, and the monks presented people with blessing threads and other gifts.
From Barron's
“I knelt to fold the tent,” Buzz recalled.
From Literature
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She knelt and put her hand to its nose, feeling for its breath.
From Literature
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She’d smile, then kneel, taking my face in her soft hands.
From Literature
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