kneel

“Why are we going to kneel? Why are we going to lower our heads? Why are we going to be afraid?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

"You don’t know whether to stand . . . or kneel."

From Salon ● May 13, 2025

It’s kind of like Ramses in the movie “The Ten Commandments” when he says, “Command them to kneel before Pharaoh.”

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025

I walk over and kneel down, sit silent as a shadow by her side.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

Dodgers rookie Josue DePaula kneels on the field during practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

In another, “Mao’s Guilt,” the late Chinese leader kneels with his hand over his heart, seemingly in a display of penance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Seeing all this, a woman kneels and cries out between sobs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

The croc is famously seen in the scene where Kozlowski's character is attacked as she kneels next to a creek.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024

A young man kneels beside the Beauty Minister, head down, sword at his waist.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

On Tuesday in Glen Allen, onlookers kneeled and offered fruit, police officers shook the monks' hands, and the monks presented people with blessing threads and other gifts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

South Florida's NBC6 reports the men kneeled, clapped their hands together, and waved their shirts at the passing helicopter.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

Before chairs with a back and arm rests debuted as a status symbol among ancient Egyptians about 5,000 years ago, he says that humans mostly kneeled or squatted for about 2 million years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

In the potato-chip aisle, a woman kneeled on the floor, diligently unpacking boxes, filling the shelves with chips, then reversing the process and repeating it several times over.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024

He had kneeled next to Derek almost all night, and when he tried to stand, his knees almost buckled.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

Having initially sat to protest against the plight of black people in the US, Kaepernick first knelt during the Star-Spangled Banner before his San Francisco 49ers team played a pre-season game.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Thailand's foreign ministry denied Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron knelt before the country's king during his state visit to Paris this week, after an AI-generated picture circulated online.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

After a young woman knelt down and reached her hand into the pool Monday, she was quickly approached by a National Park Service official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

After her program, she clutched the necklaces on her burgundy lace dress and knelt at center ice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

She knelt before me and began yanking at my trouser cuff.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

About 40% of people in their 60s have some difficulty crouching, kneeling or stooping.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

He was found kneeling in front of a piano and striking the keys, in apparent distress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

SHANGHAI—The ancient Dragon Flower Temple these days is full of young people burning incense, chanting mantras and kneeling in front of Buddhist statues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Aaron Farinacci, 37, was allegedly seen kneeling near grass at the site of the fire and later found to have matches and a lighter, the Spokane County Sheriff said.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The attendant who was kneeling beside the body said to me as we turned him over:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker