Kneeling

Kneeling is a begging posture, and we come to God as beggars, beggars for our lives, whom it concerns to be importunate.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

Kneeling, hands outstretched and clasped together.

things fall apart. it's the nature of things. matociquala 2009

Kneeling, I groped with my hand along the edge of the gym mat and found it.

Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

Kneeling before me, he gently pushed up the legs of my bloodstained khaki capris—my favorite little Abercrombie & Fitch lowriders, ruined now—till my knees were exposed.

Haven Kristi Cook 2011

Kneeling, he inserted the knife in the lid and ripped it open.

Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

Kneeling close, you could see how deceptively alive the shell-y mud was: It harbored whole scuttling ecologies of oyster-drill snails, tiny shrimp and crabs, and floating egg cases.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

Kneeling at the grave of King David the Builder, the twelfth century Georgian ruler who had united the country, he pledged on the eve of his inauguration that: “Georgia . . . will restore its wholeness and become a single, strong state.”

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Kneeling, she dug a hole and positioned a stinger in it, point up.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

Kneeling beside him on the squeaking floorboards, I plucked his money bag from his neck.

The Alchemist’s Wife « A Fly in Amber 2009

Kneeling again, I took his face in my hands and turned it toward me.

Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011