kneel
Example Sentences
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“We are not going to do what other governments did, which was to go and kneel before organized crime.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
With only 18 seconds left after that game-tying score, the Rams opted to kneel and send the game to overtime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
The poacher offerered to kneel and apologise, telling Silva that he only came to the field to look at birds.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
Businessmen from all over Europe would choose your port to set out from if they knew they could kneel at the altar of this champion of mariners.
From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024
I hurry forward, kneel down, and push the bundle through the barbed wire.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Vocabulary lists containing kneel
Unit 1: Telling Details
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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