A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child. From LearnThat.org.
The inability to kneel is seen as the very essence of the diabolical. From Wordnik.com. [04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004] Reference
Phillips took the blame, but Garrett, obviously, should have known to call a kneel down. From Wordnik.com. [NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - Top Stories] Reference
It was Thomas, tousle-haired and serious, who went without a word to kneel down by Will. From Wordnik.com. [Clockwork Angel] Reference
Nature intended us to kneel, which is preferable to standing, statue-like, exacting obeisance from others. From Wordnik.com. [Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice] Reference
Yeah, I remember this book being a slog, but no comments on the "kneel" scene at the end of the novel?. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time 6: Lord of Chaos (1994)] Reference
President Bashir said Sudan would not "kneel" to colonialists. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Estos cxies devo ne nur saluti la cxapelon, sed ankaux genufleksi ( "kneel") antaux la stango. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has told cheering supporters at a protest in the capital that Sudan would not "kneel" to colonialists. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Reference
Camors opened his arms and bent as if to kneel before him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A man never should kneel unless sure of rising a conqueror. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
When you kneel in front of your crosses and votive candles. From Wordnik.com. [It Is True that Me and Theodore Swallowed Pop Rocks and Pepsi Cola and Now We Are Dead] Reference
A man never should kneel unless sure of rising a conqueror. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I was led into the chapel and made to kneel before the altar. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
I kneel to look under the sink when he appears in the doorway. From Wordnik.com. [Better] Reference
We're citizens of the United States, and we don't kneel to anybody. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
D'Effiat remained standing; and they dared not compel him to kneel. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Thee with our crown of thorns to kneel before Thy mercy-seat; we touch. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Alas," said Arthur, "mine own dear father and brother, why kneel ye to me?". From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
At night, Ben would kneel beside the bed and pet my head before I fell asleep. From Wordnik.com. [States of Residency] Reference
The little foxes led her to kneel down as the big foxes looked up into the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi Zero - v.2: Megumi's Fable, the Advance] Reference
I kneel at your feet for this violation; but I left out all that was personal. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
I kneel down and untie her biking shoes, pull off her socks and see her lovely feet. From Wordnik.com. [An Italian Lunch] Reference
Even as she watches, I drag him down from his chariot and make him kneel in front of me. From Wordnik.com. [Rook] Reference
She would kneel outside, and they would talk through the slot where food trays are passed. From Wordnik.com. [Convicted killer pleads for her life as execution date in Virginia nears] Reference
I was able to kneel down holding the baby and giving her oxygen while the mother looked on. From Wordnik.com. [My Story, September 11, 2001] Reference
Then they are taken to a vacant field, where they kneel in neat rows and are shot in the head. From Wordnik.com. [Crime: 'You Die, I Live'] Reference
I kneel down and reach my arm into the slot where the balls come out, but don't feel anything. From Wordnik.com. [Leather and Something Like Infidelity] Reference
As I kneel beside her on the floor, the drowsy rotweiler throws me a baleful look. From Wordnik.com. [No One Is Safe] Reference
It's one of the largest mosques in the United States; a thousand people can stand or kneel in it. From Wordnik.com. [A Minaret Over Manhattan] Reference
America's leaders need not kneel before our intelligence agencies, nor must politics impede justice. From Wordnik.com. [Shahid Buttar: Unhappy Anniversary: Eight Years of Continuing Lawlessness] Reference
I stood in the park, inspecting the earth where the children kneel when I heard a noise and looked up. From Wordnik.com. [The Assassination of Sadat] Reference
Users can slip into an "avatar," or computer character, "kneel" down in worship and listen to a sermon. From Wordnik.com. [Religion: Log On For Salvation] Reference
Once you're inside, shoes are removed while staff clad in black kimonos kneel in traditional style to serve. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Spot: Sake No Hana, London] Reference
Now, as a grown-up, I found myself inside a small, dark room where there was only enough space for me to kneel. From Wordnik.com. [Confession] Reference
That's why, these days, cross-country (Nordic) skiers kneel on skateboards and tug on pulleys to haul themselves up a ramp. From Wordnik.com. [Gold-Medal Workouts] Reference
Sometimes I feel heavy with my throbbing acceptance, wanting to kneel to the women of this world for not making my no count. From Wordnik.com. [The Lucky Children] Reference
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