knelt

[ nelt ]

/ nɛlt /

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of kneel.

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Words nearby knelt

knees-up, knee-trembling, kneidel, knell, Kneller, knelt, Knesset, knew, knicker, Knickerbocker, knickerbocker glory

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How to use knelt in a sentence

Women in the founding Christian movement were treated equally, and the poor knelt beside the rich.
Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence|Patricia Pearson|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her tender face bent in compassion over a marble form so exquisitely pure that I knelt and signed myself.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He knelt beside Glover just as he once had by that injured boy back in Brooklyn.
Why Was My Son Killed in Fallujah—and His Murderer Set Free?|Michael Daly|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Outside the courthouse, supporters of Martin's family jeered, wept, or knelt in prayer as the verdict came.
George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty; Looks Forward to 'Getting His Life Back'|Jacqui Goddard|July 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Harry also knelt on one knee and layed poppies at the grave of the unknown soldier as the last post was played.
Prince Harry's U.S. Tour: Rolling Updates and all the News and Pictures as It Happens|Tom Sykes|May 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What would a man think if his children knelt and begged for his love or for their daily bread?
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
A horrible foreboding gripped me, and I quickly knelt down and raised the dog's head.
Uncanny Tales|Various
He was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Above the altar before which the priest knelt was an immense carving in imitation of an uprooted tree.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
"Follow presently," was his parting command to the man who still knelt upon Rabecque, and with that he vanished too.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for knelt

knelt

/ (nɛlt) /

verb

a past tense and past participle of kneel

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