Word info Synonyms

knelt

Verb

The word is derived from kneel

Meaning

of Kneel

of Kneel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why God? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off". Stephen King

He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear. Edith Wharton

When he went back to the fire he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept and he said if he were God he would have made the world just so and no different. Cormac McCarthy

The spears of the bright sun, all brave with its conquest, Did hover unearthly, in banners of fire. I knelt in the garden, awash with the dawning, And a voice came so brightly, I covered my eyes. Nick Cave

The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: "I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected. Paulo Coelho

A Hebrew knelt in the dying light, His eye was dim and cold, The hairs on his brow were silver-white, And his blood was thin and old. Thomas Kibble Hervey

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