knees 1 of 2

Definition of kneesnext
plural of knee

knees

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verb

present tense third-person singular of knee

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knees
Noun
  • Ross, who was one of several federal agents involved in the arrest, initially drew his service weapon, but holstered the gun after Muñoz-Guatemala stopped his car and raised his hands, according to the affidavit.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The deadly shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in a residential neighborhood in south Minneapolis has brought back painful memories of another high-profile incident in which a civilian died at the hands of a law enforcement officer.
    Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Blue swapped out his designer kicks for regular cleats for practice the next day.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Tali kicks Jonah a few times before Martine arrives to take him away.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For more cold-climate shivers also see Finnish Weird, a quirky and often surprisingly spooky literary trove from the lands of the midnight sun.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
  • And at the same time, while the East shivers, much of the West will bask under unusually mild to even warm weather.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
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
  • Srinivas, who often jabs the search engine giant, made an interesting point.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Haggard jabs Baird over mailers The race is already tense.
    Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Think mid-century diner vibes, 70s flower power patterns, vintage advertisements, old-school movie posters, or anything that taps into collective nostalgia.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Political without being didactic, the film taps into contemporary anxieties around immigration, power and resistance, delivering tension, spectacle and emotional weight in equal measure.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Around the summer solstice the alligator mother shoves vegetation from her wetland habitat into a pile to create a nest.
    Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
  • When Arthur tries to stop the stranger who has invaded his home from rifling through his drawers, Frank shoves the frail man to the ground.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Knees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knees. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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