kneel
Example Sentences
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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
"You don’t know whether to stand . . . or kneel."
From Salon • May 13, 2025
He would kneel down on the pavement and look them in the eye, ferry them to appointments, visit them in hospitals, work tirelessly to earn their trust and try to get them into housing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025
"This Christmas, God's Church itself needs to come again to the manger and strip off her finery and kneel in penitence and adoration. And be changed," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
For a minute, I just kneel there staring at it.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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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