knelt
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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They’d just gotten used to having a king again, and now he’s the second coming of the King Who Knelt, which didn’t play well in the North the first time it happened.
From The Verge • Aug. 28, 2017
When, in armour bright, the warrior bold Knelt to his lady’s eyes: Beneath the abbey pavement old That warrior’s dust now lies.
From The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens by Dickens, Charles
Soon, beneath the palm-tree's shadow, Knelt she at the postern low; And thereat she knocketh gently, Fearing much the warder's no; All her heart stood still and listened, As the door swung backward slow.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell
Meaningless stumps, upturned bare roots, remained In fields of mashy mud and trampled leaves; While, if a horse died hauling, plasterers Knelt on a flank to clip its sweaty coat.
From Georgian Poetry 1911-12 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
Mountain gorses, since Linnaeus Knelt beside you on the sod, For your beauty thanking God,— For your teaching, ye should see us Bowing in prostration new!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
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