genuflect

Shows like “Top Chef” teach us to genuflect at the altars of celebrity culinarians, viewing their restaurants and signature dishes as luxury experiences as opposed to showing regular folks how to think innovatively about dinner.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

“Let’s use this moment, not to just genuflect toward the cause of good and right, let’s really do something,” he said “We know Shawnee children died at that mission. We want those kids’ names.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2021

“Every time I pass one,” he said, “I genuflect and say, ‘Thank you for the house, my kids’ education and the fact that we don’t have to eat cheese grits anymore.’

From Washington Post ● May 26, 2021

Candidates now publicly genuflect before him, as Beto O’Rourke did when the former Texas congressman took the stage soon after the conference got underway Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019

Every time I stepped into his office, I felt the need to genuflect.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Mapplethorpe genuflects at the altar of that icon with a platinum portrait of Warhol, backed by a halo of light and surrounded by silk panels that form a cross.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Without anything divine to revere, American home and landscape design largely genuflects at the altar of the market.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025

The woman who holds the head genuflects with her soaking parcel.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020

That it is an expressly Catholic organization, holding no territory, with its leaders bound by a vow of obedience to the Roman pontiff suggests, however, that this is a sovereignty that genuflects.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 1, 2017

According to Baldeschi, the veil is removed from the celebrant when he genuflects in the predella, after having given the benediction.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 by Various

He hired people because they genuflected to him, not because they had any expertise.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

Former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers genuflected: “I bow at your feet.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022

I almost genuflected in the doorway but restrained myself.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

As he is wont to do, Bill Shaikin once again genuflected at the Dodger altar and — cue the harp music — sang the praises of Chase Utley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2018

Several late-comers, thinking there was an empty seat, genuflected at the pew’s entrance and prepared to enter.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

“The fighters genuflecting before him, the commentators dapping him up, talking about how great it is that he’s here.”

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

He’s genuflecting and appears penitent, it’s him with no public or private, shipwrecked in place in a way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

As the Washington Post's media reporter put it: "Everyone is genuflecting before the Pentagon powerhouse… America's new rock star."

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023

Over decades of presidential campaigns, the Iowa way has been to hop from town to town, taking questions from all comers and genuflecting to the local culinary traditions.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

“Sorrento has tried everything but genuflecting, doing a little dance, and sticking his pinky finger in the keyhole.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline