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

It took several officers to get Hodgson to kneel on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

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

From Salon • May 13, 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

I try praying, too, but as I kneel beside Mami, all I can think about is how to escape if the SIM come to our door.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez