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

“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

Flood waters also rushed through subway stations in New York City on Monday evening, pouring into subway cars and forcing passengers to kneel on their seats to avoid getting wet.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

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

From Salon ● May 13, 2025

Viola slips a little from my grasp and I have to kneel to catch her.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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

Down the beach, a young woman kneels, eyes closed, palms up, praying.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

Hawk kneels at Tim’s quilt square and gives words to the truth he’s carried in his heart for 3½ decades: “He was the man I loved.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

Doctor Snow kneels down to get to Jacob’s level.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

As they viewed the remains laid out on a white silk sheet, many pilgrims made the sign of the cross, others kneeled down.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 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

And then finally, a few minutes later, the wing, kneeled, retrieved it and, after dropping it on the floor, placed it back in his mouth.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 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

The Lombard was so surprised and disoriented that he likely would have kneeled to a pig farmer.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

When they walked from the military transports, some of them knelt on the tarmac and kissed the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Every eye in the stadium was fixed on Wilson as he knelt in the starting blocks awaiting the start of the 400 meters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

She knelt in front of the first officer she saw, told him she’d fled the colectivos, and pleaded for a chance to seek asylum.

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026

Twelve fired FBI agents are alleging that they were unlawfully sacked because they knelt during a racial justice protest in Washington DC five years ago.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

We were on the corner, next to a garbage can overflowing with garbage, and Mom knelt down to look at me while we waited for the light.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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

A resident driving in the area where the fire started spotted a man kneeling in grass before standing up and “looking very nervous,” Nowels said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Nicasia pressed against my shoulders harder as she stood up from kneeling.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago