Example Sentences

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Afterward, the individual moves into the home’s front yard, kneels on the ground and tries to pick up the cat, which the post said is named Piper.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Braving snakes and brushing feeder ticks from his clothes and gear, he kneels beside a pine tree on the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and starts drilling holes.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2023

She kneels, and Huxley walks around her; then he kneels, and she walks around him.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

The King kneels at the Chair of Estate.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

Uriah kneels across from the doctor and helps her shift Lynn’s hands away from her stomach.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth