How To Use Kneel In A Sentence

Observing the affected knee may reveal dystrophic changes, alteration of skin color, calluses related to kneeling or occupational abuse of the knee, scars, scratches, or rashes.
The man pumped up the pressure and returned to kneel in front of William. A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990
I was kneeling on the floor beneath his feet and nearly got trampled to death in the scrum.
While I kept back the dogs, Uncle Denis, kneeling down, pulled out the quills, and then throwing my blanket over the animal, he secured it as we had done the urson. With Axe and Rifle
The patient kneels on the spread (B) prepared for her; this consists of a sheep-skin (S) covered with a cotton blanket (C) and a zarape (Z). Labor Among Primitive Peoples

The word masjid comes from the verb sajada (sah-jah-dah), which means "to prostrate" or "to kneel. Arabic for Dummies
Banish thoughts of decorative church kneelers, of draped antimacassars or folklorish costumes. Times, Sunday Times
The idea came to him that he must do something more than usual to attract the attention of God, and he turned back the rug which was in front of his bed so that he could kneel on the bare boards; and then it struck him that his nightshirt was a softness that might displease his Maker, so he took it off and said his prayers naked. Of Human Bondage
The three major ministers rise from the prostration, but the deacon and subdeacon remain kneeling, along with everyone else, as the priest stands up. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 4.1 - Mass of Presanctified, Good Friday, Mass of the Catechumens and the Solemn Prayers
You don't have to kneel before the fungi, as some foodies would require.
He kneels on the sand, the wetness immediately seeping through to his knees.
Men kneel outside a mosque during Friday prayers in Sadr City, a mostly Shi'ite enclave in Baghdad.
He made no move to assist his wife, who was now kneeling to repack their belongings into their boxes. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
Amelia took several photos northward kneeling beside the chart table.
I found her kneeling in prayer at the back of the church.
The exhibit ends with architectural elements, coins and a kneeling stable figure.
Iranians bring flowers, then stand or kneel beside the sarcophagous and recite his poems. The Road to Esfahan
The subdeacon kneels to hold up the foot of each of the 12 men as the priest washes it, and the deacon proffers a towel with which to dry it, after which the priest kisses it. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 3 - The Mass of Holy Thursday and the Mandatum
One of them kneeled close to me, put his head right next to mine. Kings of Colorado
I find it difficult to keep still during the preces but I do like the custom of kneeling for the initial Gloria after the Deus in adiutorium and then kissing the bookrest as a sign of penance. Archive 2009-09-01
a Knight Banneret, dubbed in the field of battle, but, _on carpet consideration_, at a festivity, or on sone peaceable occasion, when knights receive their dignity kneeling not on the ground, as in war, but on a _carpet_. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
The painting depicts the three wise men kneeling in adoration of the baby Jesus.
But Arsheesh knew by the gold on the stranger's bare arm that he was a Tarkaan or great lord, and he bowed kneeling before him till his beard touched the earth and made signs to Shasta to kneel also.
What happens when we kneel in faith and claim the power to stop yielding to sin?
Annie was kneeling, too, her fine, unringed hands clasping one of her mother's hands. The Beloved Woman
Day after day there was an old Irish labourer, a stonebreaker, by the wayside, kneeling on a sack beside a great heap of stones, who gave her a cheery good-morrow as she passed. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
Baronet, kneeling in a square beard opposite his wife in a ruff: a very fat lady, the Dame Rebecca Clavering, in alto-relievo, is borne up to Heaven by two little blue-veined angels, who seem to have a severe task — and so forth. The History of Pendennis
Ajax, in the archaic attitude of the ‘kneeling race’, with helmet, jambeaus and armour from which his chiton emerges, is intent on carrying the lifeless body of Achilles, naked and with his long hair falling towards the ground.
A few steps away, a kneeling artilleryman lifts one cannonball from a pile, presumably to bring it to the cannoneers for loading. Alexis Soyer and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef
Emily was sitting on a chair, next to the washtub, talking to Hannah, who was kneeling at the tub helping a girl bath.
Then King Arthur and all the kings and knights kneeled down and gave thankings and lovings unto God and to His Blessed Mother. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
And there was snod Mistress Jeanie, forgetting her spotless gown and kneeling in the snow. Greyfriars Bobby
A flat, smooth, oval slab, weighing about fifteen pounds, and a stone roller six inches in diameter, worked with both hands, and the weight of the body kneeling ungracefully upon it on “all fours,” are used to triturate the holcus grain. First footsteps in East Africa
We serve God best when we exercise our responsibilities locally, healing our fellow creatures within our damaged Earth community and kneeling with them in the praise of God.
The inability to kneel is seen as the very essence of the diabolical. 04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004
The man hit him again and forced Pierre down on to his knees as if he was kneeling before a king.
After each vision I would find the nearest church, seek sanctuary, kneel, and pray the rosary.
She would kneel by my bed and put her arm around me. Christianity Today
After each prophecy, (and the Tract that follows the fourth, eighth and eleventh) the priest, standing as usual at the Missal on the Epistle side, with the deacon and subdeacon in line behind him, sings “Oremus”; the deacon sings “Flectamus genua”, and all kneel for a moment of silent prayer, then the subdeacon sings “Levate”, and all rise for a collect, as already mentioned for the Mass of the Presanctified. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 6.1 - Holy Saturday and the Blessing of the New Fire, Procession, Exultet, Prophecies
Ever before the celebration of his mass, ere he revested him, he kneeled down before the altar, and devoutly made his prayer, weeping and piteously sighing, and oft-times as he celebrated his mass plenty of tears fell from his eyes along his face. The Golden Legend, vol. 7
If we reserve consecrated bread and wine and kneel before it, why should we not preserve the world with the same reverence?
Kneeling to cut the cords of newspaper bundles, TickTock, clerking in his father's store, grinned up.
I was off my horse, kneeling down to get a closer look at the locoweed when a calf cut back and ran my way. Archive 2008-05-01
People sometimes kneel to pray.
In Rome, heads of state kneel before Bernini's statue of Saint Teresa in ecstasy, says Kirby, and so do people who can't read.
A seven-foot-tall statue at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy, shows the god Atlas kneeling with a globe weighing on his shoulders.
In order to try to get back on board he stood or kneeled on the fender but, when he did so, the rope which attached the fender to the cleat parted at the fender end.
Tanj held her pose, kneeling in front of the Bear, as the Instructor moved off to examine Kayla's handiwork.
Faithful to his instincts of petty tyranny, the Cæsar kept the praefect of Rome kneeling before him for close on half an hour; all this while volleys of vituperations poured from his mouth against all traitors in general, and more especially against the praefect whom he accused of selling his services only in order to gain his own ends. "Unto Caesar"
The boatswain, climbing up with marlinspikes and bunches of spunyarn rovings, or kneeling on the yard and ready to take a turn with the midship-stop, had acute and fleeting visions of his old woman and the youngsters in a moorland village. The Nigger of the Narcissus
The balcony is a slight open-work wrought-iron structure, connected to a small roof by three slender voluted pillars, two at the ends, one in the middle: and at the middle one I saw someone, a woman -- kneeling -- her arms clasped tight about the pillar, and her face rather upward-looking. The Purple Cloud
The ardour of the pilgrims, an old couple, is attested by their stiff limbs and the man's calloused bare feet as they kneel before the apparition of the Madonna at the door of the shrine.
There they lay until the sun declined far enough to lose a little of his power to scorch, and the camels bubbled to one another, thirstless, unwearied, dissatisfied, as the universal way of camels is, kneeling in Guns of the Gods
They had accidentally bumped heads kneeling over to pick up their jackets. Times, Sunday Times
He would sit or kneel until his body ached, picking and stroking in his efforts to please her.
Rod winged another in the leg and he fell to a kneeling position still firing.
The altar, as in prehistory, is anywhere you kneel.
People sometimes kneel to pray.
Balenoarch (he kneeleths), to Great Balenoarch (he kneeleths down) to Greatest Great Balenoarch (he kneeleths down quite-somely), the sound salse sympol in a weedwayedwold of the firethere the sun in his halo cast. Finnegans Wake
Bradley, still kneeling, hurled a dagger from his bandolier at the knight, but the knight's crossed blades formed an effective defense against it and sent the dagger skittering across the stone floor.
Kneel on the plywood to compress the foam as you cut it with a sharp utility knife.
It was a common little church enough, with a large mortuary chapel, where all the Danvers family reposed; ancient Danvers lying in armor, with their mailed hands joined, beside their wives; more modern Danvers kneeling in bass-relief in colored plaster and execrable taste in recesses. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
As the bride reached the lowest step, the groom took her by her right hand and conducted her to the altar where they both kneeled on an elaborate kneeling cushion. The Wedding | Edwardian Promenade
She smiled happily as she approached us, and despite our disheveled appearance, we managed to kneel.
You can kneel down in that and then on all fours you can retch your heart out; you will go better without it. TESTIMONIES
In the second scene the hart is being broken up; its throat is cut, and the venerer, kneeling on the sward, is in the act of disembowelling it.
Latecomers hurriedly kneel and bow, trying to catch up with the group prayer in progress.
At the shrine he was hoisted onto a kneeler, where he prayed before the ivy-covered grotto.
He grabbed a twig from the kindling stacked near his pallet and moved to kneel in the doorway.
So picture me, kneeling on my bed, trying to jiggle loose this plug, which is plugged into a six-plug adapter.
During these hidden years, Jeanne often spent hours kneeling in the chapel, gazing at the crucifix or the tabernacle of Christ's presence.
When the Cross has been completely uncovered, all remain kneeling, while the priest carries the Cross down to the middle of the lowest step of the altar. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 4.2 - Good Friday, The Adoration of the Cross and the Rite of the Presanctified
One day Hong came back from the fields to find them kneeling and blindfold by a pit. Times, Sunday Times
She got up and crept through the dark so she could kneel beside her mom's bed.
Invoking and glorifying Him, praising and thanking Him and kneeling and prostrating before Him are the practical manifestations of worship.
Davies fell victim to his old tropes: sexualising the doctor by having him kiss yet another female companion, fetishising him by having Lee Evans as an eccentric boffin kneel at his feet and declare he loved him, and granting him another soliloquy about his cosmic solitariness. Doctor Who Smattering of Spoilers
The quick movement upset Jabin's stomach, and he kneeled over to relieve his stomach of the pressure.
He soundlessly walked over to her bed and kneeled down, gently caressing her cheek.
What have you done, what have you done, that you should kneel to us!
He made no move to assist his wife, who was now kneeling to repack their belongings into their boxes. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
Gezephi Ntshanyase kneels in the dirt as she hacks off lumps of kaoline with a primitive hoe, all the while keeping a watchful eye on the crumbling rock face above. ANC Daily News Briefing
He sang one track kneeling on a packed table, below. The Sun
To continue, just lay a plank to kneel on, so that you don't disturb the last rows of bricks.
But they burned in so great charity that they cast and threw away their arms and harness, and kneeling on their knees received sufferably with a joyous heart the swords of them that martyred them, among whom Maurice, embraced in the love and faith of Jesu Christ, received the crown of martyrdom. The Golden Legend, vol. 5
Cardinal Sigismondo Gonzaga, a very beautiful kneeling figure, robed in the habit of a Cardinal, with the rochet, which is also a portrait from life; and in front of that Cardinal is a portrait of Signora Leonora, the daughter of the same Marquis, who was then a girl, and afterwards became Duchess of Urbino. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi
He was made to kneel down on the ground, his head over the grate.
She was kneeling down in the chimney-corner, before two pieces of turf laid together with the heather inwards, blowing at the red-hot ashes with her breath till the turves flamed. Wessex Tales
I feel embarrassed, now that I let adult men kneel before me and shine my shoes.
[Page 27] hair which trails on the floor as she kneels, her wan, brown, pathetic face raised suppliantly in devotion, is one of the prettiest, though most common, sights in Mexico on Sunday morning. Six Months in Mexico
They also take their turn kneeling to pray amid the flowers in front of the coffin, peering at the waxily reposed figures with a mixture of curiosity and bewilderment.
He frowned instead, kneeling down to speak to the boy, no more than seven or eight, who faced them solemnly from the rubble. â€œWeâ€ ™ re here to help, â€ Headley assured him. â€œAre you hurt? 365 tomorrows » 2005 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
Furthermore, there was no Atlantic interference, proving that a major label debut need not sound like a hit-machine product, and a major label band need not kneel before their corporate overlords.
They light candles and incense and kneel down to pray before the image.
His sweatshirt hood, steeply pitched overhead: a lone monk kneeling at prayer at a partially disinterred altar.
Suddenly he kneels down, places the remaining snare, cymbal, and tom-tom on the floor in a cluster, and begins to play his ‘broken’ drums, more interested in the set that he's created than in the one we bought.
If we reserve consecrated bread and wine and kneel before it, why should we not preserve the world with the same reverence?
He kneeled gently on the earthy floor and took a stick from the ground, and cleared the ground of stones and other obtrusions.
They kneel on straw mats in their dark clothing and chant in unison with a Buddhist priest.
Kneeling down, she handed the dog a treat and picked it up, scooping it carefully with her arm.
The demon's eyes seemed to narrow intensely as they fixated their dark depths on the shimmering, angelical woman kneeling in the shallow water of the pond.
Murray Bradshaw was surprised and confounded at the easy way in which she received his compliments, and played with his advances, after the fashion of the trained ball-room belles, who know how to be almost caressing in manner, and yet are really as far off from the deluded victim of their suavities as the topmost statue of the Milan cathedral from the peasant that kneels on its floor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867
She only offered a gracious giggle before kneeling down to gather nearby sticks and branches for firewood.
Tsunetomo, kneeling on the tatami with the regal aspect of a shogun, said, `I want to tell you a story about the past. FLOATING CITY
As the fact that, for more than a year, whoever approaches the Pope for Communion, have had to kneel down on the kneeler especially placed by the cerimonieri. Tornielli: The "Reform of the Reform" Proposals Approved by the Pope
Leaving Fairly, the families wander westward for three days, after which Zechariah leads his son Rector to a spot deep within ‘the piney wood’ where both kneel and wait all night.
Mary was kneeling with her head and shoulders inside the dark cave of a box-bed.
He beheld Essie in her pretty gipsy hat and holland dress, with all her bird-like daintiness, kneeling on the moss far below him, threading the scarlet beads on bents of grass, with the little ones round her.
She remembered the two men kneeling beside the chef and heaving him on to the foam mattress.
Dog handler Shawn Griffin kneeled and grabbed a bobwhite quail from the panting pointer.
Kneeling on the ground, he scooped it up, dusting its leatherette binding with his sleeve while murmuring an apology to the librarian.
I could see one police officer kneeling on the ground. The Sun
And thus, kneeling upon the flower-sprent turf hand in hand and with heads reverently bowed, they were wed, while the six outlaws stared in silent awe and the meek ass cropped the grass busily. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn
When the Archbishop elect made his formal entrance to York Minster later in the day, his first act was to kneel in silent prayer with head bowed for more than 10 minutes.
Of course, a geisha never really "sits" while wearing kimono; what we call sitting is probably what other people would call kneeling. Memoirs of a Geisha
Almost instantaneously her heart began to flutter as she saw him kneel down beside a poor, hungry little boy and hand him a hot muffin.
Kneel down with your knees pressed together and your feet splayed outward.
she wailed, turning and kneeling above him, like some fierce wood sprite. DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN
Her kneeling body involuntarily leans against David for support.
Here, the condemned are forced to kneel and are then dispatched with a bullet in the back of the head.
Cameel-brod," said he, and kneeling down he commenced scooping away the sand with his hands, and from a few inches below the surface he soon drew a whitish tuber the size of a large turnip. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa
All faces were turned towards the sacred city, as Mussulmans turn when they kneel to pray, in mosque or in desert; and the white slabs, narrow or broad, long or short, ornamental or plain, flat or roofed with fantastic maraboutic domes, were placed very close together. The Golden Silence
Then I kneeled back down, took out a claymore, set it underneath my pack, and tied the string directly to my pack, and a low branch, so that if someone tries and picks it up, it'll blow up.
There's an old black man, an aborigine, with long, tangled dreadlocks, kneeling at the edge of the pit.
Soldiers can be commanded to kneel down, hit the deck and crawl, or stand up.
This is the reason for head-coverings, face-veilings, bowing, kneeling, genuflecting, and other signs of spiritual modesty.
My mother would pull a small prayer book from her purse, plant herself on the kneeler, and begin to pray. Sea Escape
The first scene was of an unknown man kneeling on the ground in front of three masked men. The Sun
She was kneeling over the dead body of the man she loved.
He told them to kneel, and said a prayer over them.
I took the finger towel and glass cruets of water and wine to the credence table at the right of the altar and put out the bell on the step where I would be kneeling at the consecration.
The Rabbis understand the word “tohen” as meaning sin, specifically sexual misdoing, which they deduce from Job 31: 10: “May my wife grind [tithan] for another, may others kneel over her!” Women in Samson's Life: Midrash and Aggadah.
Telli, kneeling in the bows and paddling hard, failed to notice a third unlighted craft approaching until it was nearly upon them.
Better die standing than live kneeling.
They would kneel on the floor to clean bed wheels and climb on chairs to reach curtain rails. Times, Sunday Times
You wouldn't kneel down to pray for your mother on her deathbed when she asked you.
It was a relief to kneel on the floor as the guard unchained her.
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day.
Rick Riker : Try to breathe! Uncle Albert: I can't. You're kneeling on my crotch!
Dad would kneel to receive her kisses while he scratched her ears.
They bend their heads gracefully as they kneel each morning to pray for the welfare of the Czar and his family.
Devotees walk days, weeks and even months to visit the holy shrines, sometimes kneeling and genuflecting before and after each step.
She steadied herself, with her hands on her thighs, kneeling over the water. THE LAST RAVEN
The kneeling routine was in addition to long bouts of the falanga - beating the soles of the victim's feet, a method of torture perfected over recent years in Zimbabwe. PrairiePundit
Kneel down and pray, pray, _pray_ to God to help your father to get away from them. Elsie's Motherhood
The four men were forced to kneel at the edge of it with their hands bound tightly behind them.
A man was kneeling on the prie-dieu in front of the Shrine of St. Anthony, his face buried in his hands. I’ll Walk Alone
She slipped into the pew and knelt down on the padded kneeler. ANGELS EVERYWHERE
O Lord, ef I could kneel down hyar and say I repented with godly repentance fer sin and determination never to sin agen, I'd do it, and ask you to pardon me for Jesus 'sake, but I kain't repent -- I jes' kain't! Elder Conklin
Wet-kneed, we walked by pastures filled with the white froth of meadowsweet and river-bank flora of lady's bedstraw, betony, devil's bit scabious, greater burnet and eyebright, kneeling several times to store memories of the scent of the last of the fragrant orchids. Country diary: Forest-in-Teesdale
He kneeled down, looking under the seat, and he groped blindly for the pen, stretching to get it.
In two bounding strides the woman was in the street, kneeling over her friend.
Frank at once presented his half-stiffened cock to his mother's lips, whilst Ethel, kneeling down between the maternal thighs, rolled her lascivious tongue in delight round that splendid clitoris and within the serrated nymphae which guarded the entrance to the temple of love, whilst her nose revelled amongst the beautiful chevelure of a most glorious mons Veneris, and inhaled all the sweet odours of that The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies
Her legs were stiff from kneeling.
See how they beat his head, spit upon him, kneel before him....
Kneeling at its outer orifice, she could hear everything Oracle said as clearly as if she were standing next to the tripod. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
During prayers, the ummah, the community of all Muslims, forms an Islamic ornament, and we were kneeling only a dozen steps away from the centre of this living pattern.
My daughter kicked her patent leathers against the kneeler until I put one hand on her thigh. Sea Escape
I was still kneeling, perfectly still, hypnotized by the very alive beating of a heart.
I was kneeling before my dearest Lewis, a golden crown was perched high on his brow.
The heroine, Portia, about to arrive home, is reported to be kneeling at holy crosses in the company of a hermit.
You have kneeling, scrambling, screaming targets. Christianity Today
She set the parcel on the bed, kneeling on the floor as she untied the double knot.
And then they kneeled down and made their devotions, and there was such a savour as all the spicery in the world had been there. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
She had a strong regal bearing and her kneeling on the floor seemed as improper as a priest swearing.
The sand had subtle rosy hues and was very abrasive, sharp enough to cut if you kneeled on it.
He was then presented to the Chancellor and Proctors in congregation, and, with hand laid upon the Bible, swore, in a kneeling posture, that he would keep the statutes, would actually incept -- we shall see what this means presently -- within a year, that he would not spend more at his inception than the sum allowed, that he would neither lecture nor hear lectures at The Customs of Old England
Aurora was kneeling beside me, lightly sprinkling water on my face to rouse me.
O Lord, to kneel in adoration before Yourdivinity incarnate in this world. Religion
Wet-kneed, we walked by pastures filled with the white froth of meadowsweet and river-bank flora of lady's bedstraw, betony, devil's bit scabious, greater burnet and eyebright, kneeling several times to store memories of the scent of the last of the fragrant orchids. Country diary: Forest-in-Teesdale
The vicar asked the congregation to kneel.
We would kneel in front and pray to the posts. Times, Sunday Times
Some, in the true spirit of the poor Publican, were kneeling at a considerable distance, just within view of the cross, to which they hardly lifted their eyes; others, whose penance was originally lighter, or its term abridged by frequent visits to this place, had approached the cross more nearly, and with greater signs of satisfaction. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819
Then did Sir Lancelot's heart almost burst with sorrow; and when he had finished praying and weeping, he kneeled unto the bishop and prayed him to shrive him and assoil him. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
Backbreaker and kneelift set up the big boot, which at the time was Nash's big highspot. Scott's Blog of Doom
The Cherrys kneel at the altar of the Chili Peppers and bare their bellies for a spot of sacrificing.
Design for a decoration of a semi-dome, with Christ in a mandorla of cherubim between Sts Peter and Paul, and two martyrs, with a kneeling pope below.
Kneeling down he reverently happed him in afresh, then rising with a heart contented, whistled triumphant as a pibroch, and took the airt of Border Ghost Stories
The second guard was kneeling on the floor, his hands clasped over his eyes, temporarily blinded by the explosion. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
Would you see her kneeling on the floor to beg for mercy? THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
I feel embarrassed, now that I let adult men kneel before me and shine my shoes.
This is especially true in yoga class, where getting into a camel pose - thrusting your hips forward while kneeling- can feel, well, a bit "porny".
I could see one police officer kneeling on the ground. The Sun
The painting depicts the three wise men kneeling in adoration of the baby Jesus.
It may well be that kneeling is alien to modern culture -- insofar as it is a culture, for this culture has turned away from the faith and no longer knows the one before whom kneeling is the right, indeed the intrinsically necessary gesture. 04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004
The father said, OK, you kneel on one foot bar.
Next come the offering: the Queen was led before the high altar and, kneeling before a bishop seated there, kissed the paten and made her offering of gold.
Furniture takes the form of either long, low timber benches, or blond wood chairs, equipped with kneelers.
And after that she had kist me, she kneeled beside me, and lookt at me, very dear and tender; so that I knew in a moment that she had waked a while gone, and watched me, somewise motherlike, as I did sleep. The Night Land
All still carried their gear, but the kneeling figure was about to shed her splash pack and one of the standing figures was using his jacksmith as a crutch. The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection
She kneeled hastily at his side, and put the enchanted brewage to his lips, but he could neither drink nor speak, for he was dead, as I have told you. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
The Red Viper does not kneel to attack an opponent who controls more characters than you.
William took the necklace from around the book, and, kneeling down in front of her, refastened it around her neck.
Abdullah was a-wearied with watching and wanted to sleep, they also lay beside him on another couch and waited till he wasdrowned in slumber and when they were certified thereof they arose and knelt upon him: whereupon he awoke and seeing them kneeling on his breast, said to them, “What is this, O my brothers?” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Sometimes an episiotomy can be avoided simply by choosing a different position for the delivery, for example, kneeling, on all fours, or a supported squat.
Margot kneeled at Katharine's feet to stretch a white linen cloth over the frame on the floor. Privy Seal His Last Venture
A team of hard-faced security guards with tightly furled umbrellas and sinister earpieces did not kneel and scan the jubilant crowd while he celebrated the shot. 'I'm Glad Tiger's Not Here'
Wet-kneed, we walked by pastures filled with the white froth of meadowsweet and river-bank flora of lady's bedstraw, betony, devil's bit scabious, greater burnet and eyebright, kneeling several times to store memories of the scent of the last of the fragrant orchids. Country diary: Forest-in-Teesdale
Only then did she give a little bow and, pouring herself some wine, settled, kneeling at her husband's side.
For a close-up view of the infrared reflectogram of the painting, where the kneeling figure can be seen, see here (her clasped hands praying can be seen in the head of the virgin). September 2007
In church you have to kneel during parts of the service

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