knelt
Example Sentences
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“I knelt to fold the tent,” Buzz recalled.
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She knelt and put her hand to its nose, feeling for its breath.
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Then he knelt down, emptied the chalk from his pockets, and chose the spot for his opening line.
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Protesters, some wearing clerical stoles draped over their shoulders, knelt while singing hymns and reciting the Lord’s Prayer in frigid conditions before being handcuffed and led away, video showed.
As she knelt to bind him, Ashmodai howled, “What, do you enjoy this cage? You would condemn us to shadow, together forever?”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.