Example Sentences

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The words 'stand up,' imply that the celebrant has been kneeling for the confession.

From Ritual Conformity Interpretations of the Rubrics of the Prayer-Book by Unknown

He felt like one who has been kneeling at a shrine when a foul hand besmudges it.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

Oh, cannot you think what it has been kneeling beside him with his little hot hand in mine!

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

She glances at an hourglass, sighs, and rises from where she has been kneeling before the saint's icon.

From The Saracen: The Holy War by Shea, Robert