on hands and knees
Example Sentences
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The next day he attempted to divert up a mountain to get around a large waterfall on hands and knees through "very soggy ground".
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
Essentially, the Cardinal and Bears are on hands and knees, shamelessly begging for an escape hatch from an awful situation that they themselves created.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
Crawl any way you like — on hands and knees, hands and feet, or even rolling sideways along the ground.
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022
Growing up in North Carolina, John Outterbridge spent hours watching his white-haired grandmother, bent over on hands and knees, scrubbing floors.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2020
Christopher swung in a long, fevered parabola and landed on hands and knees on the other side of the abyss.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
