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kneeling

[ UK /nˈiːlɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈniɫɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. supporting yourself on your knees

How To Use kneeling 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.
  • 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 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
  • 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.
  • 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
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