bended
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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Emhoff subsequently made known his unhappiness with the firm’s capitulation, though he’s stopped short of quitting — as some have urged — to protest its bended knee.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025
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
Just weeks later, he went down on bended knee at an Oxford ball.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022
Me on bended knee, with a ring I'd emptied my bank account to buy.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022
A blushing queen of little more than twenty summers on her throne, and the whole flame-lit hall filling with noble knights on bended knee.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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