How To Use Kneeling In A Sentence
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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.
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I was kneeling on the floor beneath his feet and nearly got trampled to death in the scrum.
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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
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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
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He made no move to assist his wife, who was now kneeling to repack their belongings into their boxes.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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Amelia took several photos northward kneeling beside the chart table.
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I found her kneeling in prayer at the back of the church.
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The exhibit ends with architectural elements, coins and a kneeling stable figure.
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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
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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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The painting depicts the three wise men kneeling in adoration of the baby Jesus.
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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.
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Annie was kneeling, too, her fine, unringed hands clasping one of her mother's hands.
The Beloved Woman
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Emily was sitting on a chair, next to the washtub, talking to Hannah, who was kneeling at the tub helping a girl bath.
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And there was snod Mistress Jeanie, forgetting her spotless gown and kneeling in the snow.
Greyfriars Bobby
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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
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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.
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The man hit him again and forced Pierre down on to his knees as if he was kneeling before a king.
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Kneeling to cut the cords of newspaper bundles, TickTock, clerking in his father's store, grinned up.
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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
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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.
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Tanj held her pose, kneeling in front of the Bear, as the Instructor moved off to examine Kayla's handiwork.
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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They had accidentally bumped heads kneeling over to pick up their jackets.
Times, Sunday Times
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Rod winged another in the leg and he fell to a kneeling position still firing.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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So picture me, kneeling on my bed, trying to jiggle loose this plug, which is plugged into a six-plug adapter.
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During these hidden years, Jeanne often spent hours kneeling in the chapel, gazing at the crucifix or the tabernacle of Christ's presence.
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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
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One day Hong came back from the fields to find them kneeling and blindfold by a pit.
Times, Sunday Times
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Invoking and glorifying Him, praising and thanking Him and kneeling and prostrating before Him are the practical manifestations of worship.
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He made no move to assist his wife, who was now kneeling to repack their belongings into their boxes.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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He sang one track kneeling on a packed table, below.
The Sun
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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He frowned instead, kneeling down to speak to the boy, no more than seven or eight, who faced them solemnly from the rubble. “We†™ re here to help, †Headley assured him. “Are you hurt?
365 tomorrows » 2005 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
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His sweatshirt hood, steeply pitched overhead: a lone monk kneeling at prayer at a partially disinterred altar.
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Kneeling down, she handed the dog a treat and picked it up, scooping it carefully with her arm.
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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.
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She only offered a gracious giggle before kneeling down to gather nearby sticks and branches for firewood.
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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
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Mary was kneeling with her head and shoulders inside the dark cave of a box-bed.
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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.
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She remembered the two men kneeling beside the chef and heaving him on to the foam mattress.
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Kneeling on the ground, he scooped it up, dusting its leatherette binding with his sleeve while murmuring an apology to the librarian.
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I could see one police officer kneeling on the ground.
The Sun
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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
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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
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she wailed, turning and kneeling above him, like some fierce wood sprite.
DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN
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Her kneeling body involuntarily leans against David for support.
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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
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There's an old black man, an aborigine, with long, tangled dreadlocks, kneeling at the edge of the pit.
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This is the reason for head-coverings, face-veilings, bowing, kneeling, genuflecting, and other signs of spiritual modesty.
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The first scene was of an unknown man kneeling on the ground in front of three masked men.
The Sun
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She was kneeling over the dead body of the man she loved.
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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.
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Telli, kneeling in the bows and paddling hard, failed to notice a third unlighted craft approaching until it was nearly upon them.
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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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Rick Riker : Try to breathe! Uncle Albert: I can't. You're kneeling on my crotch!
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Devotees walk days, weeks and even months to visit the holy shrines, sometimes kneeling and genuflecting before and after each step.
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She steadied herself, with her hands on her thighs, kneeling over the water.
THE LAST RAVEN
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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
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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
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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
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In two bounding strides the woman was in the street, kneeling over her friend.
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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
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Her legs were stiff from kneeling.
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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
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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.
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I was still kneeling, perfectly still, hypnotized by the very alive beating of a heart.
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I was kneeling before my dearest Lewis, a golden crown was perched high on his brow.
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The heroine, Portia, about to arrive home, is reported to be kneeling at holy crosses in the company of a hermit.
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You have kneeling, scrambling, screaming targets.
Christianity Today
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She set the parcel on the bed, kneeling on the floor as she untied the double knot.
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She had a strong regal bearing and her kneeling on the floor seemed as improper as a priest swearing.
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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
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Aurora was kneeling beside me, lightly sprinkling water on my face to rouse me.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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The second guard was kneeling on the floor, his hands clasped over his eyes, temporarily blinded by the explosion.
ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
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Would you see her kneeling on the floor to beg for mercy?
THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
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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".
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I could see one police officer kneeling on the ground.
The Sun
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The painting depicts the three wise men kneeling in adoration of the baby Jesus.
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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
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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.
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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
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William took the necklace from around the book, and, kneeling down in front of her, refastened it around her neck.
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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
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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.
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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
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Only then did she give a little bow and, pouring herself some wine, settled, kneeling at her husband's side.
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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
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Learning to cast from a kneeling position is an essential skill for high summer.
Times, Sunday Times
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Kneeling down on the rug before her trunk, Lia searched among her weapons and armor for her rank insignia—a frontlet made of animal skin featuring a three-gem triad embedded in the center.
String Theory, Book 3: Evolution
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On the South wall, tinder an atrb fupported by two black marble Corinthian pillars, is a Lady kneeling before a dejk, with a book lying open upon it, and over her head checquy P.S. atg. and foible, crejl a cockatrice, over one of the pillars H.
A description of that admirable structure, the cathedral church of Salisbury. : With the chapels, monuments, grave-stones, and their inscriptions. To which is prefixed an account of Old Sarum.
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The bo's'n, a grizzled veteran of many sea-fights, was kneeling beside his Captain with an ear to his side.
The Black Buccaneer
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The back of a second, kneeling Magus and of the seated Virgin supporting the Child form two sides of an equilateral triangle located plumb in the centre of the design.
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Tiberius, the emperor at the time of Christ's crucifixion, is represented here by a round-topped sandstone stela that shows him in classic pharaonic dress with a winged sun-disk kneeling before a couple of gods and with his name translated into hieroglyphs, recording the reconstruction of some flood-damaged temples at Karnak.
British Museum handsomely fulfils its duties to England outside London
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Back in Frisco, Carpenter knew, they were probably kneeling in the streets, praying for him to have some luck, finally.
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He went to his new bride and, kneeling on the floor next to her chair, folded her into his embrace.
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However, he added, visitors to this and any other cemetery should take extra care near to memorials and headstones and never use them as handholds to help them while kneeling down or standing up.
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Guests ate and drank kneeling on mats; their drinks were placed to their right, while other rules governed the position of foods and condiments.
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The roundels in the center show a doge kneeling before an enthroned Saint Mark and a seated, robed figure with the right hand raised, presumably in blessing.
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When the gremlin is kneeling on the wing prying up the panel you can see the actor's shoes under his gremlin costume.
The Twilight Zone: Nightmare At 20,000 Feet 2
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She sighed and sat back on her haunches before settling into a kneeling position.
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They had accidentally bumped heads kneeling over to pick up their jackets.
Times, Sunday Times
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She fell back into a squat from the kneeling position he had raised her to.
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Jacko shouted for help -- to the brass directing traffic, to the washwoman kneeling on marble steps, to the costermonger polishing her apples -- but his shouts wisped in the wind and were lost.
Asimov's Science Fiction
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In the base is a kneeling canon between two shields, one bearing the arms of Basset of Weldon dimidiating those of Ridel, the other bearing the arms of Basset of Weldon alone.
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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.
Adoration at Parkminster
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The roundels in the center show a doge kneeling before an enthroned Saint Mark and a seated, robed figure with the right hand raised, presumably in blessing.
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Five minutes later she is kneeling in front of him, taping a gauze pad over his elbow, when a note whisks under the door.
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If that were true the murderer must have dropped some part of his dress, presumably his overcoat, in his flight, and must have had the hardihood to return and to carry it away at the instant when the son was kneeling with his back turned not a dozen paces off.
Sex Dungeon for Sale!
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The first scene was of an unknown man kneeling on the ground in front of three masked men.
The Sun
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Susanne was kneeling up in her chair, flailing her arms wildly at me, her glowing face evidence that the celebrating had started long before my arrival.
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At one point we were kneeling on the floor facing each other, telling and listening to stories simultaneously.
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Little things like that mean so much - just kneeling on the ground to play.
The Sun
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That's when she was forced to attempt the most difficult vault of the competition over a kneeling horse.
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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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She was kneeling under our mango tree drying out some wheat.
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He felt the bed dip slightly under her weight, and he knew she was kneeling beside him.
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May 10th, 2008 12: 23 pm ET it won't send a "sobering message" to me. anything she wins in west virginia will be canceled out by oregon. it's over hillary. barack is kneeling down and running out the clock on this game. carol mcfarlane
What might West Virginia's primary mean?
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She was at the head of the stairs, kneeling and peeping through the bannisters like a child.
Wild Dreams of Reality, 5
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The men huzzaed hoarsely -- the horses neighed -- the mules hinnied -- and, in a few moments more, men, mules, and horses, were kneeling by a crystal streamlet, and drinking deeply of its sweet and refreshing waters.
The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness
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The widow Flannagan kneeling on the stone-cold tiles below the image of the Lord.
Before the Bloodbath
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Men, women, and children were burned, and their "cinders" thrown away, for idle words against Rome, spoken years before, for praying alone in their closets, for not kneeling to
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 07: 1561-62
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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
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Standing, kneeling and prostrating we affirm: "Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.
Wilfredo Amr Ruiz: Teach Us How To Pray
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News at Eleven: Thomas Hardy remembers sitting with other children by the fireside at midnight, listening wide-eyed to the adults tell them that the animals are kneeling now in their "strawy pen.
News at Eleven: [Thomas Hardy] remembers sitting
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Taking Maggie with her, the two made their way to Adam's home, only to find him kneeling in his vegetable bed, inspecting the base of one of his tomato plant stalks.
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They had accidentally bumped heads kneeling over to pick up their jackets.
Times, Sunday Times
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Mother and daughter were kneeling on the grass in front of a plastic kiddie pool, filling it with a garden hose.
FLIGHT LESSONS
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You see Thais offering white lotuses, waving incense and kneeling in quiet prayer at the various temples to the Enlightened One.
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“Yes, what is it?” a plainclothesman said from a kneeling position, blowing his hair from his eyes and looking her up and down in irritation.
Red Wolf
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The book, whose cover bears a photograph of its subject kneeling in prayer, is titled Francisco Franco: Exemplary Christian.
The Caudillo’s Cloister
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Two life-sized statues of Mary and Joseph stand in the linoleum-tiled entranceway, each with a kneeling rail and a few candles and flowers scattered at their feet.
American Grace
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A lot of kneeling, kowtowing and forelock-tugging ensued -- and a public scolding of one of the Star's best journos and columnists by the "public editor.
Archive 2009-07-01
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He sang one track kneeling on a packed table, below.
The Sun
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Dad flickers on and off: smiling in his chair, running in place, kneeling near the magazine rack.
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When the ambulance men arrived, her husband was kneeling beside the baby on the bedroom floor.
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The back of his head was a bloody mess, and Taro saw the Ikko-ikki arquebusier, a hundred paces back up the hill, kneeling, reloading.
Blood Ninja II
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At the place of execution, Dorothea begged the doomsman to tarry a little, and kneeling by the block, she raised her hands to heaven and prayed earnestly.
A Child's Book of Saints
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As it was, he advanced carefully toward the edge, where Brianna was kneeling, reaching across with her shovel to remove another layer of turves from the willow-work frame that arched across the top of the pit.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
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She was kneeling and praying in front of the graves.
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His Mother Mary kneeling down unto the Lord did pray.
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Eat sitting at tables in gilded overstuffed dining room chairs, reclining on cushions in a diwan, or kneeling on a concrete floor around a sheet of plastic weighed down with bowls of kubba.
Day of Honey
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She lifted her helmet from over her eyes and saw him kneeling down by the door, frowning as he prodded at the remains of his coat.
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Would you see her kneeling on the floor to beg for mercy?
THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
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Thanks to him and black_samvara i am never going to live down the 'legless' comment ... although ... if it means juffles kneeling in front of me more often then well ... who am i to complain?
October 24th, 2005
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If you have cartilage problems it is also rather painful, quite aside from the possibility of getting stuck in an ungainly kneeling position.
Times, Sunday Times
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The bo's'n, a grizzled veteran of many sea-fights, was kneeling beside his Captain with an ear to his side.
The Black Buccaneer
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The Vowess in a blue dress with white hood is kneeling before the Bishop.
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Inside the temple, worshippers were kneeling in supplication.
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I'm kneeling by the end of this pool, with my hands in the water, trying to grab hold of this monster to fish it out of there.
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He clapped his hands once more and serving men and women, after kneeling, came forward with a table and refreshments.
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The coyotes and the bewildered souls kneeling in the headlights know that the border war cannot be fought like this forever.
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The visitor entering the exhibition as it winds around the circular space is greeted first by a kneeling terracotta archer and then by cases of less dramatic objects such as bells (one bo and three zhong), arrowheads, weapons such as sword and lance, and a bronze percussion instrument called a chunyu.
Feat of clay
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You may want to spread a sheet of plywood as a kneeling board over the newly laid tile as you continue to work.
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Emily was sitting on a chair, next to the washtub, talking to Hannah, who was kneeling at the tub helping a girl bath.
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Also heartbreaking is the moment when he's kneeling in front of her, holding her as he must have done as a child, with his head in her lap, so upset -- and we feel the full effect of his estrangement from her.
Brief thoughts of a Bardish nature
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Kneeling, he took some birdfeed out of a pouch attached to his belt and placed it on Jack's cheek.
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The best choice is a good old fashion 1 ¼ Military sling shooting in kneeling or sitting position.
What do you guys like better for your rifle shooting rest an attached bipod, shooting sticks, backpack, nearby limb or tree, of
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He was kneeling on the floor, blindfolded and gagged and wearing handcuffs.
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Then the dean of Westminster laid the ampula and spoon upon the altar, and the King kneeling down at the faldstool, and the archbishop standing on the north side of the altar, said this prayer or blessing over him: --
Coronation Anecdotes
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An armored knight kneeling before a robed and diademed woman.
Earl of Durkness
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The police Sergeant was kneeling beside the wounded man, pressing a pad against his side to stop the flow of blood.
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They tied me up like a beast and then they were kneeling on me, kicking and punching.
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There were maybe twenty or twenty-five people kneeling around the altar.
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I've got a rock in my shoe,’ grumbled Alice, kneeling to unlace her boot and extract the offending pebble.
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During early phases of weapons training, soldiers are taught supported and unsupported prone positions and may be introduced to other positions such as the kneeling position.
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His mount rears in protest as he forces it to a halt, and turning in his saddle, he sees Balen kneeling in the snow, soaked and pale, covered in blood, looking smaller than he's ever seen him before.
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Little things like that mean so much - just kneeling on the ground to play.
The Sun
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Close under this window, kneeling on the bare boards with his face to the door, there appeared, of all the creatures in the world to see alone at such a place and at such a time, a mere mite of a child — a little, lonely, wizen, strangely-clad boy, who could not at the most, have been more than five years old.
A House to Let
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Rose placed herself behind her mistress, half kneeling upon the same cushions, and watched the motions of the all-accomplished soldier and statesman, whom the voice of fame lauded so loudly; enjoying his embarrassment as a triumph of her sex, and scarcely of opinion that his shamois doublet and square form accorded with the splendour of the scene, or the almost angelic beauty of
The Betrothed
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But I do know that when I came with Gareth to fetch him for the joust, he was still kneeling over her body, staring at her with tearless eyes that nevertheless revealed a great sadness.
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Madam Newcott, kneeling in front of Caroline and intent on putting the finishing touches on what she called a magnificent creation, ignored the comment.
Rebellious Desire
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Arnold, my son, was inside, kneeling in front of my open desk drawers, rummaging through the various documents within.
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She smirked a bit, and clapped her hands once more as she rose from her kneeling position and bowed to the idol.
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Surrounded by kneeling aids-de-camp, he alone stood up, in the rich uniform of a general of division, seeming the perfection of military elegance and dignity.
Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited
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In a chamber whose dome was of gold-filagreed ivory, King Akhirom, clad in a white silken robe that made him look even more ghostly, sat cross-legged on a couch of gemmed ivory and stared at Rufia kneeling before him.
Conan the Freebooter
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Kneeling on the ground, arms hanging by your sides, step forward with your left foot into a lunge, bending the knee so it aligns with your left ankle.
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They were still kneeling altarwise; their profiles turned from her.
Evelyn Innes
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In Yorkeshire, etc., northwards, some country woemen do-e worship the New Moon on their bare knees, kneeling upon an earthfast stone.
Moon Lore
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* * * ---He is in Shabikant, kneeling before the two oracular trees, the ancient Trees of the Sun and the Moon.
KING OF DREAMS
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It took only moments for her to unarm the man and have him kneeling, gasping and begging for mercy.
