knelt
ˈnelt 
or kneeled; kneeling
or kneeled; kneeling
: to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor
The prisoners were ordered to kneel.
: to fall or rest on the knees
She kneeled on the floor next to the child.
Examples of kneel in a Sentence
She was kneeling on the floor beside her child.
He was kneeling in front of the altar and praying.
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The rail where Nuzzo knelt for her first communion as a fourth-grader was gone.
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Case in point: Marvel just released a 10-hour-long meditation video featuring Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil kneeling on a rooftop in the rain.
—Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Players from both teams could be seen kneeling down, while others put their hands on their heads in concern for Markwood.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Confident of easy conquest, they were instead met by poor, brown, Indigenous Mexican fighters who refused to kneel.
—Hashim Coates, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Case in point: Marvel just released a 10-hour-long meditation video featuring Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil kneeling on a rooftop in the rain.
—Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Players from both teams could be seen kneeling down, while others put their hands on their heads in concern for Markwood.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Confident of easy conquest, they were instead met by poor, brown, Indigenous Mexican fighters who refused to kneel.
—Hashim Coates, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for kneel
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“Kneel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kneel. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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