knees 1 of 2

Definition of kneesnext
plural of knee

knees

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of knee

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • But the other teams in the NFC South aren’t just sitting on their hands.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Video posted to social media showed passengers with their hands raised as law enforcement officers entered the cabin and removed one passenger.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Quiche is a classic Easter brunch dish, but this recipe kicks things up a notch with the addition of crispy hash browns, bacon, and bright asparagus.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Ramona Girls soccer After the Bulldogs took a 5-4 lead in sudden-death penalty kicks, the junior keeper blocked a University City shot to give Ramona the victory in the section Division 3 title game.
    Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Algebra in between scenes… sends shivers down my spine!
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Their accounts gave me shivers of recognition—their experiences echoed my father’s stories.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The 2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX will start at $99,995, excluding a mandatory $2,595 destination fee that bumps the price to $102,590.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
  • A day when the Stanley Cup years finally ride the synaptic road back to long-term memory and the brain finally bumps the past for the present.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Head to any tennis court to try to get some swings in and one’s sure to see plenty of people playing pickleball, a combination of badminton, ping pong and tennis that sees players swing small paddles on a short court.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In another moment, long-time rivals Jett and Mane exchange jabs against one another over a livestream as thousands of roarball fans tune in and cheer them on in the comments.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Srinivas, who often jabs the search engine giant, made an interesting point.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Barber then attempts to pull out of the spot but lightly taps Riley's vehicle, the complaint said.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Accessed through tools like Claude Gov—which became a preferred option for some defense personnel, according to Bloomberg—the system taps into enormous data pipelines to turn a flood of unstructured information into readable intelligence.
    Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Levi shoves someone just out of the frame, demands to know who threw stones, and later fires a shot, seemingly away from the crowd.
    Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The agent shoves the observer again, and then turns his attention to Pretti, pushing him out of the way before shoving the observer to the ground.
    Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Knees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knees. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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