Example Sentences

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Some NFL stars have been kneeling or sitting during the US national anthem in recent weeks to highlight perceived police brutality and racial injustice.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2017

Most have mud on their knees, indicating they may have been kneeling or lying face down.

From US News • Sep. 27, 2014

He had almost forgotten that he was bound to another, and would have been kneeling at her feet in another minute but for the sound of her father's voice, which brought him to himself.

From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean

She heard the rising passion in his voice, and her heart died within her; she sank lower, till but for his upholding arms she would have been kneeling at his feet.

From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

It was the fortune of war, and if she had thought of it she might just as well have been kneeling on Joan's chest, as Joan was kneeling, somewhat oppressively, on hers.

From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald