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
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
Businessmen from all over Europe would choose your port to set out from if they knew they could kneel at the altar of this champion of mariners.
From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024
"One of the punishments that I could have in school was having to kneel for half an hour because the guy behind me was messing with my chair," he recalled.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024
I stand and grab the peanut butter jar lid, fill it with water from my bottle, then kneel back down and slide it in front of her nose.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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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