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

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

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

I wander over to another boulder and kneel in front of it, brushing some loose dirt from its face.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

"He used to fight with me, but he also loved me," 10-year-old Asma says as she kneels at her younger brother's graveside.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

The 38-year-old Gutierrez, wearing sunglasses and black hoodie pulled over his head, kneels beside a car to shade himself from the late-afternoon sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

George kneels on the ground next to his best friend and stroking his soft ear and whispering his words, finally looks at Ray’s chest too.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

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

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 pointed at Ultima and an and kneeled at her feet.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Parton "detoured the whole entourage to come around over there to where we were and then she knelt down to talk to Heather for a minute".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

She knelt and took Cassiopeia’s hands in her own.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

An image widely circulated online in Thailand purported to show Macron kneeling as he presented the awards.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

I looked at my sister kneeling beside me in the light of burning Holland.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom