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Examples of kneel in a Sentence
She was kneeling on the floor beside her child.
He was kneeling in front of the altar and praying.
Recent Examples of kneel from the Web
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Failure to meet with these standards will earn a chilling glare from Sister that will leave the culprit shuddering with memories of long-ago punishments involving rulers, kneeling on rice and making baby Jesus cry.
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After emerging from the crossing, Maraita passes workers kneeling on the ground for Muslim dawn prayers.
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That picture of Hank kneeling before a Greek Orthodox priest –
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Jeri Woods is accused shooting brothers Arreon Lackey, 18, and Antonio Lackey, 16, each once in the head, after they were forced to remove their clothes, kneel and hug each other nearly two years ago.
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Pratt kneels down enthusiastically in front of the students, dragging his fingers through the wet sand to simulate what happens when water catches on a sandbar.
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Enrique was almost always hunched over or kneeling in front of a new pile of toys that was ever smaller and more amorphous.
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Capps fired at the SUV from a kneeling position behind his unit.
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Teabagging is the act of a man placing his scrotum into the mouth or onto the face or forehead of another person, usually while standing or kneeling over that person.
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Origin and Etymology of kneel
Middle English knelen, from Old English cnēowlian; akin to Old English cnēow knee
KNEEL Defined for English Language Learners
kneel
playDefinition of kneel for English Language Learners
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: to move your body so that one or both of your knees are on the floor : to be in a position in which both of your knees are on the floor
KNEEL Defined for Kids
kneel
playDefinition of kneel for Students
knelt
\ˈnelt\ orkneeled
\ˈnēld\;kneeling
: to support the body on the knees
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See words that rhyme with kneel Spanish Central: Translation of kneel Nglish: Translation of kneel for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of kneel for Arabic speakers
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