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kneels

  • present tense form
    of kneel (3rd person singular).
    kneel
    verb (used without object)
    to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.

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In another, “Mao’s Guilt,” the late Chinese leader kneels with his hand over his heart, seemingly in a display of penance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Seeing all this, a woman kneels and cries out between sobs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Down the beach, a young woman kneels, eyes closed, palms up, praying.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

Hawk kneels at Tim’s quilt square and gives words to the truth he’s carried in his heart for 3½ decades: “He was the man I loved.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

Then he slides into a pew and kneels to pray.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins