Knelt Sentence Examples

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  • He knelt beside Sean's body as he spoke.

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  • She rose, angry, and knelt beside him.

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  • Len knelt in front of her and examined her neck.

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  • He knelt and brushed his woman's hair from her face.

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  • She knelt and touched the letters.

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  • Princess Mary knelt down before her and hid her face in the folds of her sister-in-law's dress.

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  • Dean knelt and examined the tires.

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  • He knelt beside his brother.

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  • The man with purple eyes knelt in front of her.

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  • Dusty knelt beside him, resting a hand on his shoulder and squeezing.

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  • She gazed down at him as he knelt beside the fire.

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  • A large chest invited, and she knelt, touching the lid.

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  • He knelt beside her and reached for the cat.

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  • Lon knelt by a vamp whose chest still moved.

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  • Darian eyed him warily, not recognizing him, before he knelt beside her again.

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  • He knelt beside them, staring at the horribly scarred man.

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  • Deidre had knelt near here and unknowingly touched a soul.

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  • He knelt beside the Ancient and set the machete on top of the sarcophagus.

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  • Another form knelt beside him, this one with blond hair.

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  • A gash in one leg prevented him from rising, and he whined as she knelt beside him.

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  • She knelt beside him and touched his arm tentatively, waiting for him to disappear again.

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  • They ran until daylight then slowed.  Gabe followed a trail Rhyn couldn't see that led them to a stream.  The assassin stopped and knelt to splash water on his face.

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  • On the 30th of November 1411 Chicheley, with two other bishops and three earls and the -4 prince of Wales, knelt to the king to receive public thanks for their administration.

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  • The contrast between the new regime and the ancient tradition of the city was curiously illustrated in 1818 by a scene described in Metternich's Memoirs, when, before the opening of the congress, Francis I., emperor of Austria, regarded by all Germany as the successor of the Holy Roman emperors, knelt at the tomb of Charlemagne amid a worshipping crowd, while the Protestant Frederick William III.

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  • Simon Magus had given out that he was going to be translated to heaven, and was actually careering through the air in a chariot drawn by demons when Peter and Paul knelt down and prayed, and their prayers brought him to earth a mangled corpse.

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  • Fitzmaurice came in and knelt in the mud at the president's feet, confessing his sins; but he remained the real victor.

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  • The Black God knelt before her, phone outstretched.

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  • Talon knelt where Czerno had fallen and then rose, roaring in anger.

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  • Agonizing over how much time Rhyn had, she finally reached the water.s edge and sucked in ragged breaths as she knelt for a moment of rest.

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  • Unexpectedly, in the middle of the service, and not in the usual order Natasha knew so well, the deacon brought out a small stool, the one he knelt on when praying on Trinity Sunday, and placed it before the doors of the sanctuary screen.

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  • She crawled up the dune and knelt beside him.

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  • They knelt and drank from the cool spring.

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  • I knelt by the side of the highway and tried to lose my lunch that wasn't there.

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  • He took her arms and sat her in a chair, handed her a fistful of tissues, and knelt.

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  • She felt Jonny's intent gaze on her as he knelt.

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  • She knelt beside her father's grave to place flowers, then rose and turned.

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  • Hesitating only a moment more, Yully moved towards him and knelt.

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  • Jule wasn't sure what to expect when she knelt beside him.

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  • He knelt beside Han.

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  • She rose and dusted off her legs from where she'd knelt.

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  • She knelt beside the vamp.

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  • He knelt over Damian and pulled the ring from his finger.

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  • He knelt, ruffling the snow from Darian's hair.

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  • The Watcher approached Darian, who knelt in response to a silent command.

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  • Caleb knelt in a grotto of the tunnel, and at first she thought he had fallen, too.

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  • She hobbled up behind where he knelt.

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  • They knelt on a patch of dried ground in the opening of the carved alcove and examined the site.

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  • The medic knelt to look at her knee.

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  • Instead of responding, the assassin knelt.

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  • The name on his forearm disappeared as he knelt.

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  • He knelt over the latest body with a glance at his forearm.

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  • She knelt on the beach area consisting of a stretch of pebbles and dirt.

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  • She knelt beside the fish and unwrapped them with a grimace, cheered to find the section of rope nearly five feet long.

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  • He was blurry as he knelt beside her.

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  • He knelt beside her, horrified at what he.d done.

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  • She vaguely recognized the other three and knelt beside the statue of Rhyn, who was no older than Toby had been the day before.

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  • Rhyn knelt on one side of Jade, close enough to reach him when warranted.

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  • Agonizing over how much time Rhyn had, she finally reached the water-soaked sand and sucked in ragged breaths as she knelt for a moment of rest.

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  • Gabriel knelt beside him.

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  • His three sisters knelt over his lifemate's still form.

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  • He crossed to her and knelt.

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  • She moved off to examine the other windows as Dean knelt to do her bidding.

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  • Elisabeth laid Jackson's body on the sofa and knelt next to him.

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  • Carmen entered the stall and knelt beside the doe.

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  • She darted back to the kidding stall and knelt beside the goat again.

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  • Carmen knelt beside it, ignoring the anxious mutterings of its mother.

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  • Brady knelt beside the unconscious soldier.

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  • She knelt beside it, looking hesitantly at the dangerous weapons within.

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  • The branches around him darted around then fell still, as if watching.  Toby knelt beside Ully and grunted as he rolled the Immortal onto his back.  Disappointed to have their journey paused already, he looked around then back at Ully.

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  • The tree dropped, caught, and dropped him again, catching him half a second before he hit the ground.  He landed on his back at Ully's feet.  The scientist knelt beside him, one hand on his head.

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  • Katie asked and knelt beside her as much out of exhaustion as curiosity.

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  • She made her way back to Deidre with the knife and knelt.

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  • He knelt on the ground and closed his eyes, seeking out the writhing darkness of his demon side.  If the demons had the power to transform and fly, he could access his demon powers, too, even if the Immortal side of him was bound by Death's underworld.     "Berries," Toby commanded the tree before him.

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  • Rhyn stopped and knelt, placing his hands to the ground.  Kris crossed his arms.  A blast of energized air swept over him.  Rhyn sat back.

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  • He knelt in front of her, gazing into amethyst eyes that openly adored him.

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  • In the hallway they knelt close to the wall and he sheltered her in his arms.

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  • When Alex opened the make-shift gate, Carmen stepped inside and knelt beside the lamb.

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  • Too weak to focus, she didn't know who it was until he'd knelt beside her.

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  • Jenn knelt beside him and pressed her fingers to his neck.

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  • Darian knelt and found their father's name.

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  • He knelt and then hunched to see the names at the very bottom of the small obelisk.

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  • The Healer knelt beside Sofi.

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  • She knelt and carefully lifted him over her shoulders in a fireman's carry.

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  • The aging but burly and large man sheathed his weapons and knelt over the still form.

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  • He knelt and retrieved it.

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  • She knelt and pushed clothes and trunks out of the way to reveal a dagger wrapped in linen, several bladders, and a barrel the height of her knee.

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  • He knelt beside her and touched her face.

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  • She laid the phone on the tombstone and knelt beside her mother's grave, closing her eyes.

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  • Reaching the ledge, Alex released the rope and knelt beside Carmen, frowning.

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  • Alex nodded as he knelt beside Carmen.

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  • He worked his way across the crowded room and knelt beside Alondra, putting a comforting arm around her shoulders.

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  • Alex walked over to them and knelt beside Carmen.

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  • Mr. O'Hara erupted from his office and knelt beside her.

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  • A well-dressed noblewoman knelt beside her still form.

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  • Xander crossed to his mother and knelt, wary of the stranger.

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  • Shaking his head, Xander knelt beside her.

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  • He cleaned his hands of dirt then knelt beside her.

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  • The Watcher knelt beside her.

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  • Jonny said nothing and knelt.

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  • With a sigh, she knelt and released all the bags.

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  • Jessi knelt beside the cat.

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  • Charles knelt before him, bowing his head.

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  • Too nervous, Jessi instinctively knelt on the floor beside the overturned box and began collecting the small treasures.

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  • He knelt beside the prone form.

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  • All hesitated save Angad (or own body), who knelt and uncovered the dead, but, behold, the corpse had disappeared, and a dish of sacred food was found in its place.

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  • In return for the fief, the man became the vassal of his lord; he knelt before him, and, with his hands between his lord's hands, promised him fealty and service; he rose to his feet and took the oath of fealty which bound him to the obligations he had assumed in homage; he received from his lord ceremonial investiture with the fief.

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  • Frederick, loosed from the papal ban, recognized Alexander as the rightful pope, and in July 1177 knelt before him and kissed his feet.

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  • The Kajar shah walked on foot to the tomb of Imam Riza, before which he knelt and kissed the ground in token of devotion, and was recognized as a Shiite of Shiites.

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  • Brady pushed chunks of body parts blown out of the minefield and knelt to retrieve a thumb keypad.

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  • He knelt beside the bloody Springs, resting his head against the cool stone.

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  • You should be knelt up straight with your belly button pulled in toward your spine.

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  • I have knelt at the feet of great teachers, but I have also knelt at the twisty branches of the hawthorn hedge.

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  • She knelt down by the water's edge, frowning at the dead fish and birds that drifted past.

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  • She knelt in a front pew to do her penance.

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  • They did not drag her away at once, but sang with her for a long time and then at last dragged her off, and behind the scenes something metallic was struck three times and everyone knelt down and sang a prayer.

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  • The priest came out with his purple velvet biretta on his head, adjusted his hair, and knelt down with an effort.

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  • Boris Drubetskoy, brushing his knees with his hand (he had probably soiled them when he, too, had knelt before the icon), came up to him smiling.

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  • One day he took the countess to a Roman Catholic church, where she knelt down before the altar to which she was led.

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  • In 2017, the innocent phrase "take-a-knee" took on a new, politically-charged meaning after other football players knelt in support of Colin Kaepernick and his police-brutality protest and were criticized by many, including the president.

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  • His body drew her, and his scent surrounded her when he knelt beside her.

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  • She approached and knelt a safe distance from him, trying hard to see into the darkness of the corner.

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  • She slowly retreated and knelt beside Brutus again.

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  • Elisabeth knelt again and touched her left hand to his face.

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  • She knelt in front of him and stood on her knees, lifting her arms to encompass his neck.

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