bended
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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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
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
With no experience, Creason had to go to collections at UCLA, the Seaver Center and the Huntington, “on bended knee,” to learn.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021
“In fact I’ll go even further. I promise you that if you defeat the snake, I’ll admit I was wrong to that stuffy old cat. I’ll even apologize to him on bended knees, so there!”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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