kneel
Example Sentences
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After her program, she clutched the necklaces on her burgundy lace dress and knelt at center ice.
From Los Angeles Times
Once, during a demonstration outside a cafeteria, as police were about to arrest the demonstrators, Jackson suggested they kneel and recite the Lord’s Prayer.
From Los Angeles Times
I kneel onto the soft earth and start tossing aside the larger pieces of garbage —a very sad looking Pierre the Pineapple, for one.
From Literature
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He knelt and put his wife’s sock and shoe on her left foot.
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She had knelt down on the floor, picking up all the necklaces and earrings that he had scattered about.
From Literature
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