Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
kneel . - noun The act by which someone kneels.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun supporting yourself on your knees
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Examples
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The best choice is a good old fashion 1 ¼ Military sling shooting in kneeling or sitting position.
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When the Cross has been completely uncovered, all remain kneeling, while the priest carries the Cross down to the middle of the lowest step of the altar.
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The best choice is a good old fashion 1 ¼ Military sling shooting in kneeling or sitting position.
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The three major ministers rise from the prostration, but the deacon and subdeacon remain kneeling, along with everyone else, as the priest stands up.
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It may well be that kneeling is alien to modern culture -- insofar as it is a culture, for this culture has turned away from the faith and no longer knows the one before whom kneeling is the right, indeed the intrinsically necessary gesture.
04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004 John 2004
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They have got to remain kneeling all the whilethey could hardly rise from their knees without hitting the ceilingand you can easily see by trying it what a tremendous effort this means.
Down the Mine 1937
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They have got to remain kneeling all the whilethey could hardly rise from their knees without hitting the ceilingand you can easily see by trying it what a tremendous effort this means.
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“Is the baby all right?” he asked the woman again in Arabic, kneeling down to check the child.
A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009
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“Is the baby all right?” he asked the woman again in Arabic, kneeling down to check the child.
A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009
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“Is the baby all right?” he asked the woman again in Arabic, kneeling down to check the child.
A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009
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