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are kneeling

  • present progressive of kneel.

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About five children are kneeling, each in their own space.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2022

In it, the father and his 4-year-old son are kneeling next to each other.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2022

Navy who are kneeling in rows, hands on their heads, on the deck of an Iranian boat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2016

My teammates are kneeling above me, looking worried.

From Scientific American Mar. 19, 2014

And when we are kneeling, heads bowed slightly, I can hear from all around us a susurration, like the rustling of insects in tall dry grass: a cloud of whispers.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood