kneel
verb (used without object)
to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
are kneeling
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present progressiveof kneel.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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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
In bright sunlight, they are kneeling before Americans.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2013
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
