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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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Around sunset, dozens of them knelt in a circle, held each other, and prayed.
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Under the new policy, players can no longer kneel during the national anthem without leaving themselves open to punishment.
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Players have been kneeling, sitting and raising fists during the national anthem in an effort to raise awareness for racial and social injustice in America since Colin Kaepernick took a knee before a preseason game in 2016.
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Young Camille kneels down next to her, grabs a paper clip, peels back the top loop and then carefully, and purposefully, digs it into her hand.
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No one on the Eagles kneeled during the anthem at regular season or postseason games last year.
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At one, a man kneels in front of mounds of flowers, hands of bananas, soda bottles and a fresh pineapple.
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In court on Friday, Abdurrahman knelt and touched his forehead to the ground when a judge announced the death sentence, the first for a terrorism conviction here in more than a decade.
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XXXTentacion’s mother, Cleopatra Bernard, knelt just a few feet from the shooting site and cried.
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Origin and Etymology of kneel
Middle English knelen, from Old English cnēowlian; akin to Old English cnēow knee
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First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined above
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Definition 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
verb
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ˈnēl
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Definition of kneel for Students
knelt
\ˈnelt\
or kneeled
\ˈnēld\;
kneeling
: to support the body on the knees
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