KNEELING in a Sentence
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77 example sentences for KNEELING, such as:
1. Better die standing than live kneeling.
2. Faith required hours of kneeling in the early morning.
3. She was not kneeling now, but was down upon the ground.
4. For herself, every morning, kneeling, she protected her vision.
5. Sherlock Holmes approached the body, and, kneeling down, examined it intently.
2. Faith required hours of kneeling in the early morning.
3. She was not kneeling now, but was down upon the ground.
4. For herself, every morning, kneeling, she protected her vision.
5. Sherlock Holmes approached the body, and, kneeling down, examined it intently.
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Meanings and Examples of KNEELING
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kneel
n. supporting yourself on your knees
v. rest one's weight on one's knees
Classic Sentence: (73 in 5 pages)
1 Sherlock Holmes approached the body, and, kneeling down, examined it intently.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2 With these two implements he trotted noiselessly about the room, sometimes stopping, occasionally kneeling, and once lying flat upon his face.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3 "Just give me a help with this buckle, cabman," he said, kneeling over his task, and never turning his head.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
4 Faith required hours of kneeling in the early morning.
5 For herself, every morning, kneeling, she protected her vision.
6 She was kneeling and holding her two hands slowly forward, blindly, so that the chicken should run in to the mother-hen again.
7 A black hole yawned beneath into which we all peered, while Musgrave, kneeling at the side, pushed down the lantern.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
8 At the foot of the bed, half sitting, half kneeling, his face buried in the clothes, was a young man, whose frame was racked by his sobs.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
9 I could hardly prevent myself from there and then kneeling down at his feet and telling him what I had done.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
10 It was an historical subject, painted at my father's desire, and represented Caroline Beaufort in an agony of despair, kneeling by the coffin of her dead father.
11 To see her with her white hair and her worn face kneeling at my feet gave me a shock through all my frame.
12 She was not kneeling now, but was down upon the ground.
13 I believe I can remember these two at a little distance apart, dwarfed to my sight by stooping down or kneeling on the floor, and I going unsteadily from the one to the other.
14 When I left, at nine o'clock, she was kneeling on the ground at the Doctor's feet, putting on his shoes and gaiters for him.
15 "Come, master, taste my sop," said he, kneeling down before the cup.
Example Sentence:
1 Better die standing than live kneeling.
2 In The King and l, Anna refuses to kneel down and prostrate herself before the king, for she feels that to do so would debase her position.
3 She had to kneel down on the floor: in another minute there was not even room for this.
4 If, indeed, such salvation be possible, for this girl, this child, the native of a Christian land, worse than many a little heathen who says its prayers to Brahma and kneels before Juggernaut.