Synonyms for kneeling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : neel |
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Définition of kneeling
Origin :- Old English cneowlian, from cneow (see knee (n.)); cf. Middle Low German knelen, Middle Dutch cnielen, Dutch knielen Gothic knussjan. Past tense knelt is a modern formation (19c.) on analogy of feel/felt, etc. Related: Kneeling.
- verb get down on one's knees
- It was caused by the fall of Dr. Benson In the pew while kneeling in prayer.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- I seemed to know the very place where He had been kneeling, and I hurried forward.
- Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem
- In the Channel Islands bodies were often placed in a kneeling position.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- "It is true," said Defarge, who was kneeling to look on and hear.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Cornish was kneeling at the edge of the water, peering over.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- You must shake them while kneeling, until one of the sticks flies out.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Junius derided the court, "where," he said, "prayers are morality and kneeling is religion."
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- Jean stared in amazement, while Maurice, kneeling on his bed, craned his neck to see.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- At the foot of the bed Martine was kneeling, choked with sobs.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Had he not been well bound it would have been expressed by kneeling.
- Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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