bended
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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"If I was Prime Minister, I would be coming along on my bended knees and asking to be allowed back in," he says.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025
About 20 miles south of Plymouth, across the Sagamore Bridge, is Cape Cod, “the bared and bended arm of Massachusetts,” as Thoreau wrote in his book of hikes, “Cape Cod.”
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023
She says in the show: “Here I am, coming to you, prime minister, on bended knee, for the sign-off, but I’m hoping that will be a formality.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022
Me on bended knee, with a ring I'd emptied my bank account to buy.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022
“Lord Davos, if you are a lord, I know what your so-called king would have of me. Steel and silver and a bended knee.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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