Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Kneeled down before service; nor do I see any impropriety in it.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)

So saying, the king took a stone, And cast it softly: but the man, With a great joy upon his face, Kneeled down, and cried not, neither ran.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

I. The wind blew high, the waters raved, A ship drove on the land, A hundred human creatures saved, Kneeled down upon the sand.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina

So saying, the King took a stone, And cast it softly;--but the man, With a great joy upon his face, Kneeled down, and cried not, neither ran.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

The wind blew high, the waters raved, A Ship drove on the land, A hundred human creatures saved, Kneeled down upon the sand.

From A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land by Hughes, William R. (William Richard)