kneel
verb (used without object)
to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
have kneeled
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present perfectof kneel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He had a 14-23 record for New York and his most memorable game featured a late fumble by Joe Pisarcik when the Giants could have kneeled out the clock.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
“You can’t look back at that, but if I had one thing to do, I would have kneeled on it one time and won the game with no time on the clock.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2016
The Lombard was so surprised and disoriented that he likely would have kneeled to a pig farmer.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
She would have kneeled on the ground, but she was afraid of disrupting the clay figures standing on the ground at her feet.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
I remembered the gold the dear girl had forced on me, when I first went to sea, and could have kneeled at her feet and called her "blessed."
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper
