knelt

[ nelt ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of kneel.

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How to use knelt in a sentence

  • What would a man think if his children knelt and begged for his love or for their daily bread?

    God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
  • A horrible foreboding gripped me, and I quickly knelt down and raised the dog's head.

    Uncanny Tales | Various
  • He was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • Above the altar before which the priest knelt was an immense carving in imitation of an uprooted tree.

    Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. Pike
  • "Follow presently," was his parting command to the man who still knelt upon Rabecque, and with that he vanished too.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for knelt

knelt

/ (nɛlt) /


verb
  1. a past tense and past participle of kneel

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