on one's knees
Example Sentences
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Well," Rusk replied, "these are questions that one approaches on one's knees.
From Time Magazine Archive
I knew the monarchy was rotten—rotten to the very core; but I said, Better to die in the street � cheval than behind the arras on one's knees.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
There's something in Shakespeare about going down on one's knees and thanking Heaven fasting for a good man's love.
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver
But there! one does not go down on one's knees, combustively, as it were, before a woman over fifty, plain in feature, thin, dejected, and ill-dressed.
From Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
V. cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee; fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself; worship &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
