knelt
past simple and past participle ofkneel
Examplesofknelt
knelt
After all of them had arrived, they suddenlykneltdown.
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When they passed a church along the route, the workers leading the column of demonstratorskneltdown and received a blessing from two priests standing on the steps.
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The chaplain sank to his knees on boards that were already inches deep in water and some of the airmenkneltbeside him.
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Heknelton me and held me by the throat.
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I am sure that when he got up this morning hekneltdown and said a prayer for those people for whom his heart was bleeding.
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Summoning an aide, he divested himself of the sceptre and orb as his wifekneltupon a crimson cushion before him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A light flashed in their midst and the men could see water gushing from the spots where heknelt.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He feared the dragon would incinerate him with its fiery breath, but the dragon insteadkneltbefore him and obeyed his commands.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Just minutes before detonation, theykneltand braced themselves against the ground zero side of the trench and then ordered to take cover.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His new household was organized as a minor court and several courtiers alreadykneltbefore him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The royal oath was administered, and the new monarch thenkneltbefore the altar.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bundle that formed the bottom of the canoe on which the boatman or boatmen sat,kneltor stood was much larger than the others.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The peoplekneltfor prayer, silent at first, but soon one here and another there began to pray aloud.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But after she made the customary three bows andkneltbefore him she found her mind utterly blank, the question gone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When he arrived on the scene, he put all of the mourners out of the room whereupon hekneltdown and prayed.
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