How to Use kneel in a Sentence

kneel

verb

• He was kneeling in front of the altar and praying.
• She was kneeling on the floor beside her child.
• That allowed the Tigers to kneel out the clock for the win.
  — Giana Han, al, 24 Nov. 2020
• That's the easy part, since the tall camels have been taught to kneel.
  — Richard Mason, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2020
• They were made to kneel on the ground in the prison yard, the crowns of their heads on the ground.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2020
• The men were all ordered to sit or kneel on the ground.
  — Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2022
• Buffalo knelt the ball to play out the rest of the clock and the game was over.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
• Now when the auger got stuck, one of us had to kneel down and dig the rock out.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2020
• This time, the pass fell incomplete, and the Warhawks were able to kneel for the win.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 11 Sep. 2021
• The dog bites Rose, who was kneeling with his hands in the air, video shows.
  — Tamia Fowlkes, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• So to preserve the 50-0, the Lions had to kneel the game out from the start of the fourth quarter.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2022
• My husband and the doula knelt next to me and discussed what to do next.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• Tampa Bay kneeled to end the half, and the Bucs will take a 24-17 lead into the break.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
• Not because golfers kneel and squat a lot (to read greens or stick a tee in the ground).
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
• Gaillard knelt at the edge of his field, where a white crust covered the ground.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• He was soon seen sobbing and kneeling on the ground, his face buried in the grass.
  — Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
• Specialist Brooks knelt by the edge at the top of the tower.
  — Sarah Diamond Christopher Lee, New York Times, 27 May 2024
• And indeed, in the trailer, a group of people kneel down to Arthur.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Mar. 2022
• How to Do It: Hold a dumbbell in each hand and kneel on the floor with arms at your sides.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
• Soubirous knelt and prayed the rosary, according to the website.
  — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
• The driver called 911, then knelt next to her to wait for help to arrive.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
• With 8 seconds to play in the half, the Beavers figure to kneel it and go to halftime with a 14-7 lead.
  — oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2022
• Around the back of the shop, in a rare moment of solitude, Ze knelt on the concrete for his third prayer of the day.
  — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
• And there’s Frank Reich, the white head coach of a football team in a red state – and he’s about to kneel?
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2020
• Three runs by Webb resulted in a first down, and Bradley was able to kneel on the ball to run out the clock.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 26 Nov. 2022
• At one point, Prince William kneeled down to point out something to Prince George.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
• As King caught her breath, Wells knelt down and proposed.
  — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
• To do the cat-cow stretch, kneel on a floor mat or carpeted floor.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
• The Chiefs ran out the clock after Xavier Worthy, the team’s rookie speedster, picked up 15 yards on 3rd-and-6 to get the first down needed to kneel it out.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2024
• As Pavia knelt to seal the historic victory, Vanderbilt fans went wild, many of them invading the field.
  — Johannes Sasay-Wada, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024