genuflection

Example Sentences

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To her left, Melvin Gibbs played electric bass—sometimes nonchalantly, sometimes with one bent knee, as if in genuflection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

At earlier hearings, university presidents opted for strategies of conciliatory genuflection or drab, lawyerly answers.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

Pay close attention to appreciate the artful genuflection to classics like "Excalibur."

From Salon • May 21, 2021

The Times’ special NFL Preview special section was marked by its metaphorical genuflection at wealth’s excesses reminiscent perhaps only of Ancient Rome.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2020

He made a profound genuflection and stood with bent head awaiting permission to speak.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John