bended
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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"If I was Prime Minister, I would be coming along on my bended knees and asking to be allowed back in," he says.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025
She says in the show: “Here I am, coming to you, prime minister, on bended knee, for the sign-off, but I’m hoping that will be a formality.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022
Me on bended knee, with a ring I'd emptied my bank account to buy.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022
O’Connell: They did not come to us on bended knee, and I respect that.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2022
“Lord Davos, if you are a lord, I know what your so-called king would have of me. Steel and silver and a bended knee.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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