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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of genuflect.

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Examples

  • Even Leonard Bernstein genuflected, as host of a CBS special on rock.

    July 2006 2006

  • Amongst themselves however, it was a veritable love fest as the dais genuflected at Ronald Reagan's altar, strictly honoring his 11th commandment, "Thou shall not speak ill of other Republicans."

    Will Durst: Dark Wizards Convene Will Durst 2011

  • Amongst themselves however, it was a veritable love fest as the dais genuflected at Ronald Reagan's altar, strictly honoring his 11th commandment, "Thou shall not speak ill of other Republicans."

    Will Durst: Dark Wizards Convene Will Durst 2011

  • Earlier Monday, Morgan, 45, appeared on The View, and genuflected to Walters' redoubtable interviewing abilities to the point of knee pain.

    Piers Morgan Debuts on CNN; 25 Years To Go? 2011

  • Amongst themselves however, it was a veritable love fest as the dais genuflected at Ronald Reagan's altar, strictly honoring his 11th commandment, "Thou shall not speak ill of other Republicans."

    Will Durst: Dark Wizards Convene Will Durst 2011

  • The Pope was then led, while the Te Deum was sung, to the Holy Sepulchre itself, into which, after having genuflected before it, he entered and spent several minutes in silent prayer.

    Pope in the Holy Land: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre 2009

  • Repenting there would come across as a cynical cultural cliché, suggesting he expects women to forgive him because he's genuflected to TV's high priestess.

    Tiger Woods should chat with David Letterman; Corso mum on Heisman 2009

  • Amongst themselves however, it was a veritable love fest as the dais genuflected at Ronald Reagan's altar, strictly honoring his 11th commandment, "Thou shall not speak ill of other Republicans."

    Will Durst: Dark Wizards Convene Will Durst 2011

  • So having genuflected appropriately, the big question now is whether this is the first time in living memory that the idiot's box has inflicted damage upon an idiot box?

    Australia v New Zealand - live! | Rob Smyth 2011

  • While Wall Street saw unbridled bonuses and Americans genuflected amidst a fanfare of upheaval, Main Street wasn't allowed to issue to itself the needed trillion and a half dollars to buffer itself from its own rapacious business sector.

    Matthew Anderson: All Hat, No Cattle 2010

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