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

Essentially, the Cardinal and Bears are on hands and knees, shamelessly begging for an escape hatch from an awful situation that they themselves created.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

In one, the artist gets down on hands and knees, almost as if cleaning the floor to prepare the space.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

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

Then two young boys crawled into the light, on hands and knees atop the bone pile.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs