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Sentence Examples Devotees walk days, weeks and even months to visit the holy shrines, sometimes kneeling and genuflecting before and after each step. She sighed and sat back on her haunches before settling into a kneeling position. Slowly entering the cottage, Dimitri found Reana kneeling next to the cadaver of the old man, which lay bestrewn upon the floor. She smirked a bit, and clapped her hands once more as she rose from her kneeling position and bowed to the idol. He clapped his hands once more and serving men and women, after kneeling, came forward with a table and refreshments. Two goons cocked their guns ready to fire at me, still kneeling on the ground, when he lifted a finger. By 9.30 I was kneeling beside the phone and the pains were now bringing tears to my eyes but bizarrely I was still racked with doubt. Interestingly, Rembrandt overpainted the figure of a prostrate woman at Christ's feet with the present kneeling figure. The heroine, Portia, about to arrive home, is reported to be kneeling at holy crosses in the company of a hermit. All afternoon, people have come and gone, kneeling before the blessed sacrament in the golden monstrance on the side altar. It took only moments for her to unarm the man and have him kneeling, gasping and begging for mercy. In two bounding strides the woman was in the street, kneeling over her friend. Our kneeling hero is basically wearing a one-piece bodysuit with boots and a headband. David moved behind him and, kneeling up on his strong and muscled haunches, began to slowly massage David's back and shoulders. His knees flung forward, buckling under his weight, leaving him kneeling on the hard, unheeding cement. Telli, kneeling in the bows and paddling hard, failed to notice a third unlighted craft approaching until it was nearly upon them. So picture me, kneeling on my bed, trying to jiggle loose this plug, which is plugged into a six-plug adapter. He came out of his roll into a kneeling position and loaded a fresh shot into the breech. From the back, hundreds of women looked like my mother, bent kneeling with bowed heads, kerchiefs or chapel veils covering their heads. Rod winged another in the leg and he fell to a kneeling position still firing. Show More Sentences Aurora was kneeling beside me, lightly sprinkling water on my face to rouse me. She fell back into a squat from the kneeling position he had raised her to. This is the reason for head-coverings, face-veilings, bowing, kneeling, genuflecting, and other signs of spiritual modesty. Tanj held her pose, kneeling in front of the Bear, as the Instructor moved off to examine Kayla's handiwork. She only offered a gracious giggle before kneeling down to gather nearby sticks and branches for firewood. I was on my knees as I said these things, kneeling near the end of my bed with my hands joined in a vague approximation of a person praying. When I came to my senses again, I was on my knees with JD kneeling beside me. Then he noticed her, she was kneeling with her back to him but her long black curls were unmistakable. He was kneeling on the floor, blindfolded and gagged and wearing handcuffs. They tied me up like a beast and then they were kneeling on me, kicking and punching. The man hit him again and forced Pierre down on to his knees as if he was kneeling before a king. I was kneeling on the floor beneath his feet and nearly got trampled to death in the scrum. Gardeners should use foam knee pads and take frequent breaks from kneeling. She set the parcel on the bed, kneeling on the floor as she untied the double knot. William took the necklace from around the book, and, kneeling down in front of her, refastened it around her neck. As she entered the garage she spotted Aouri kneeling beside Brigg's motorcycle, tightening something with a wrench. She lifted her helmet from over her eyes and saw him kneeling down by the door, frowning as he prodded at the remains of his coat. She had a strong regal bearing and her kneeling on the floor seemed as improper as a priest swearing. He went to his new bride and, kneeling on the floor next to her chair, folded her into his embrace. Sudden death smashed upon the kneeling priest when, having removed his helmet, he was administering the last rites to a dying fireman. Show More Sentences You may want to spread a sheet of plywood as a kneeling board over the newly laid tile as you continue to work. Invoking and glorifying Him, praising and thanking Him and kneeling and prostrating before Him are the practical manifestations of worship. I was kneeling before my dearest Lewis, a golden crown was perched high on his brow. Throughout all of this, people kept kneeling, praying, crying, and staging theatrical die-ins in front of the fort. The coyotes and the bewildered souls kneeling in the headlights know that the border war cannot be fought like this forever. He was restrained with what looked like duct tape and was now kneeling beside me. Arnold, my son, was inside, kneeling in front of my open desk drawers, rummaging through the various documents within. You see Thais offering white lotuses, waving incense and kneeling in quiet prayer at the various temples to the Enlightened One. That's when she was forced to attempt the most difficult vault of the competition over a kneeling horse. During these hidden years, Jeanne often spent hours kneeling in the chapel, gazing at the crucifix or the tabernacle of Christ's presence. There's an old black man, an aborigine, with long, tangled dreadlocks, kneeling at the edge of the pit. Five minutes later she is kneeling in front of him, taping a gauze pad over his elbow, when a note whisks under the door. Modifications of the tarsometatarsal joints point to habitual use of a kneeling posture in which the feet were supported on the dorsiflexed toes. She found it exquisite torture to have to hold still, to remain kneeling, but somehow she managed. A traditional ex-voto figure would have shown the duke kneeling, his hands folded in prayer, without the reliquary or Saint George. When the ambulance men arrived, her husband was kneeling beside the baby on the bedroom floor. I'm kneeling by the end of this pool, with my hands in the water, trying to grab hold of this monster to fish it out of there. So the bus conductress wouldn't allow me to sit on the only empty double seat on the 38 because she was kneeling on it. With a white chalky stone, the guide was kneeling on the kasbah roof, trying to draw the El Glaoui family tree on the dun-coloured surface. People said my brother was face down on the ground and they were kneeling on him and cuffing him on his head and body. Show More Sentences All of the Omori ryu kata save one begin from the kneeling position of seiza. She formed the two loops, a simple clove hitch, and slid them over the right wrist of the figure kneeling in front of her. Emily was sitting on a chair, next to the washtub, talking to Hannah, who was kneeling at the tub helping a girl bath. I was still kneeling, perfectly still, hypnotized by the very alive beating of a heart. The kneeling nuns, roused from their devout abstraction, made their reverence and went away. A seven-foot-tall statue at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy, shows the god Atlas kneeling with a globe weighing on his shoulders. In the base is a kneeling canon between two shields, one bearing the arms of Basset of Weldon dimidiating those of Ridel, the other bearing the arms of Basset of Weldon alone. The video showed a blindfolded man kneeling on the ground with his hands bound behind his back. They also take their turn kneeling to pray amid the flowers in front of the coffin, peering at the waxily reposed figures with a mixture of curiosity and bewilderment. If you have to get down on your knees, try kneeling on one knee and then switching to the other one every minute to minimize the pressure and disperse it. The change, in which both hero and beast are prone and wrestling on the ground, gives a strikingly different appearance from the standing or kneeling schemes. At the edge, Linda lays the flowers down, kneeling beside the grave. The demon's eyes seemed to narrow intensely as they fixated their dark depths on the shimmering, angelical woman kneeling in the shallow water of the pond. Her kneeling body involuntarily leans against David for support. The roundels in the center show a doge kneeling before an enthroned Saint Mark and a seated, robed figure with the right hand raised, presumably in blessing. Taking Maggie with her, the two made their way to Adam's home, only to find him kneeling in his vegetable bed, inspecting the base of one of his tomato plant stalks. Then, kneeling or standing, say the Apostles' Creed and the Lord's Prayer. And there are obviously easier and quicker ways of making a cup of tea than performing sado, the Japanese tea ceremony, with all its ritual and hours of quiet kneeling. Each of these small paintings portrays a Calvary scene with a kneeling Carthusian, recognizable by his white full-length scapular, fitted with a cowl. She was kneeling under our mango tree drying out some wheat. Show More Sentences The beginner's set, the Omori Ryu, consists of twelve kata, eleven beginning from the kneeling position called seiza, and one starting from a standing position. Design for a decoration of a semi-dome, with Christ in a mandorla of cherubim between Sts Peter and Paul, and two martyrs, with a kneeling pope below. We serve God best when we exercise our responsibilities locally, healing our fellow creatures within our damaged Earth community and kneeling with them in the praise of God. Police say he pulled a gun on them, but his family claimed that McIntosh was kneeling on the ground with his hands in the air. The back of a second, kneeling Magus and of the seated Virgin supporting the Child form two sides of an equilateral triangle located plumb in the centre of the design. During early phases of weapons training, soldiers are taught supported and unsupported prone positions and may be introduced to other positions such as the kneeling position. She was not kneeling there, breviary in hand in silent devotion. The Vowess in a blue dress with white hood is kneeling before the Bishop. Sometimes an episiotomy can be avoided simply by choosing a different position for the delivery, for example, kneeling, on all fours, or a supported squat. Susanne was kneeling up in her chair, flailing her arms wildly at me, her glowing face evidence that the celebrating had started long before my arrival. He decorated his Christmas cards with totemic animals copied from Aboriginal rock galleries, not sheep and oxen kneeling in prayer around a manger. She was kneeling in the boat's compact cockpit watching carefully ahead for any telltale clues on the water that dangerous rocks lay just out of sight below the surface. One of the most discussed Roman finds from Cumbernauld is a sandstone slab depicting Triton and a naked, kneeling captive. I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. He jabbed at an eight-by-eight glossy of a multiculti toddler in madras overalls kneeling and hugging a golden retriever pup. He turned to see Nelson kneeling on the deck, supporting himself with his hand, before falling onto his side. Mark's Coptic Church, a shrine dedicated to the Holy Family, in a kneeling position, surrounded by light. It includes a kneeling cushion, stool, transplanter, trowel, rake, digger, small fork, sprayer and gloves. A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins. Alexander VI kneeling in front of the Madonna, said to be a likeness of Giulia Farnese. Show More Sentences A collection of fluid in the patellar bursa in front of the knee joint due to frequently kneeling on hard surfaces, hence the name. In the early church, standing, extending or raising the arms, and kneeling were common forms of gestural spirituality. More and more Protestants are kneeling in supplication before the quangos, commissions, agencies and ombudspersons that they once so rightly despised. Beneath the marble canopy, any time between daybreak and moonrise, you will find kneeling figures dreamwrapt in adoration of their beloved Virgen del Pilar. He was so fricking drunk, he passed out kneeling in front of the toilet. The initiation ceremony for newly appointed privy counsellors is held in private and typically requires kneeling on a stool before the sovereign and then kissing hands. Up to the point where the Green Knight is kneeling in front of Gawain awaiting the axe blow that will cut off his head, the action has proceeded mainly in chronological order. The end result was a compromise in which the famous Black Rubric, which declared that no adoration is intended while kneeling, was included in the second edition. If a mourner is either Taoist or Buddhist they may hold a burning joss stick while bowing. A family member will usually be kneeling nearby to burn joss sticks and paper money. The conqueror himself was said to have met the friars as they approached the capital, kneeling at the feet of the friars who had walked from the coast. Communicants may receive standing, kneeling, or while seated. The removal of the Black Rubric complements the dual words of administration of communion and permits an action, kneeling to receive, which people were used to doing. One morning she was kneeling on an old grain sack on the wet black soil, turning the thick rich tilth over and smoothing it ready for the new lettuces. The gestures of the reclining woman at the start yield to 20 minutes of squiggling, spiraling, kneeling, rolling, and recovering bodies, often congealing in unison. To unknot the calves, try kneeling with a skinny roller lying on top of the calf muscle length-wise, sit back on it, and move gently from side to side. But a four-year-old boy habitually, routinely and unremarkably kneeling for 15 minutes, being made to do squats, running, at a time when he looked like a Belsen victim? Botheration! How she had crumpled her skirt, kneeling in that idiotic way. Examples from Classical Literature And, kneeling down, she began to disentangle a fly, imprisoned in a cobweb. Don't think me heartless, but really to see you kneeling there is so funny! It was not enough that a freeborn Afro-American should be caught kneeling to an Englishman. Whatever others may say of me I will recite sutras kneeling before amitabha Buddha. The aisles facing her antechapel are constantly filled with a crowd of kneeling votaries. Ellis dived to his bedroll and rose to a kneeling position with his own rifle. It was caused by the fall of Dr. benson In the pew while kneeling in prayer. Robbie had recovered his wakefulness, and was kneeling at Sim's feet, chafing his hands. Edward was kneeling beside his bed with his head hidden in the counterpane. Jean stared in amazement, while Maurice, kneeling on his bed, craned his neck to see. Within the rail, kneeling facing them, William's face gleamed like the death mask of prayer. The poor woman would not quit the floor, even when, in despondence, she gave over her kneeling importunity. The sunlight filtered through the thin silk when the Emperor raised the purple to enrobe the kneeling Julian. We see the husband and wife kneeling facing each other, with a faldstool before each figure. The firer must be able to hold the rifle steadily in the three positions, kneeling, sitting. I only vaguely see the outline of a kneeling figure, evidently neither bulky nor obese, of a flat back and vigorous shoulders. In one part of the room an old woman was kneeling down scrubbing the floorcloth. He turned now to guyot, who was kneeling by the Captain, and looking to his hurt. And there was snod Mistress Jeanie, forgetting her spotless gown and kneeling in the snow. The lights were on, and I was on the floor, with old Bill kneeling beside me with a soda siphon. Show More Sentences I had seen him kneeling on the ground with his head pinned down by the hunchback. A tondo of the Virgin kneeling before the divine Child, who is seated upon a sack and supported by an angel. She remained kneeling by the chair, looking up at him with a most piteous face. In the centre is the nativity, with a portrait of Bladelin kneeling, and angels. Sumbal hesitated, then put down the portfire and walked over to the fallen lad, beside whom the stranger was kneeling. A black hole yawned beneath into which we all peered, while Musgrave, kneeling at the side, pushed down the lantern. He found him kneeling before a PRIEDIEU with his head leaning on an open prayer book. In another, he is pictured kneeling surrounded by children as they give the peace sign. The Bull Nandi is kneeling in adoration before the spout of the yoni. He was kneeling beside macgregor, who had dismounted and lain down. In the dense blotch of light beneath the table, the kneeling figure looked like a priest engaged in some service of his church. It represented a gaunt, ascetic-looking monk, in a tattered gown and cowl, kneeling with clasped hands and pulling a portentously long face. In two minutes I was kneeling by the child's crib, and Sandy was dispatching servants here, there, and everywhere, all over the palace. I seemed to quite do away with any doubt, and after kneeling beside the couch for a while and looking at her lovingly and long, he turned aside. Anthony in the Santo also orient their gazes and gestures downwards towards a beholder standing or kneeling in the center. In the kneeling position the firer may kneel on either knee. To this distressful emblem of a great distress that had long been growing worse, and was not at its worst, a woman was kneeling. Above in the pediment are a Virgin and Child with kneeling angels. In her present mood, she did not feel like kneeling, but since there was no seat, only a hassock, she had to kneel anyway. I left Sandy kneeling there, corpse-faced but plucky and hopeful, and rode down to the pigsty, and struck up a trade with the swine-herds. Show More Sentences No kneeling figures, no Nellie Underwood, no Cyril, no knucklebones. There chalons surprises him kneeling beside the bed, and kills him. In the Channel Islands bodies were often placed in a kneeling position. Many a chilblain I carried away from kneeling on those granite flags. Jim was kneeling on the ground, hacking with his jack-knife at the earth. He turned back to the bed, and kneeling, read the commendatory prayer. But before Kwaque, immediately kneeling, could touch hand to the shoelaces, Daughtry, remembering that Kwaque was likewise unclean, had thrust him away. She looked at him in despair and implored the Holy Ghost, and it was this way that she contracted the idolatrous habit of saying her prayers kneeling in front of the bird. The man at the front kneeling down with the raincoat on and a pipe in his mouth was Bert Bashford, the chief timekeeper, who was a Lozells Harrier at the time. She did not venture to ask any questions, and shut the door again, now sitting down in her easy chair, now taking her prayer book, now kneeling before the icon stand. He had strung himself up to the purpose while kneeling behind his brothers on the carpet, studying the little nails in the heels of their walking boots. Till you tell me how I may rescue you, ' swore the knight, still kneeling. I turned and walked towards the dead bodies, keeping my face towards the three kneeling Beast Men, very much as an actor passing up the stage faces the audience. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of kneeling? Words that rhyme with kneeling What is the plural of kneeling? What is the adverb for kneeling? What is the adjective for kneeling? What is the noun for kneeling? Translations for kneeling Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words kneeler knee-length kneeled kneel down kneel knee-jerk reaction kneels kneepad kneepads knees knee-slapper knee-slapping 8-letter Words Starting With k kn kne knee kneel kneeli kneelin