on hands and knees
Example Sentences
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The next day he attempted to divert up a mountain to get around a large waterfall on hands and knees through "very soggy ground".
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
Crawl any way you like — on hands and knees, hands and feet, or even rolling sideways along the ground.
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022
Get down on hands and knees and lightly rake the sand about one inch below the surface until you hear or feel the rake scrape a shell.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2021
When she wanted to mix movie watching with play, we exited to a hall, which she explored on hands and knees.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2020
I spent all morning on hands and knees in a clover patch outside school, all for nothing—it was picked clean.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
