genuflected
Example Sentences
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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
“Everybody sort of genuflected to Hazel because she was this little dynamo,” said David Peterson, a former Liberal premier of Ontario between 1985 and 1990.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022
In silence, they genuflected before the coffins, or bowed and kissed them in the dark.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022
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
