knelt
a simple past tense and past participle of kneel.
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How to use knelt in a sentence
Women in the founding Christian movement were treated equally, and the poor knelt beside the rich.
Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence | Patricia Pearson | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer tender face bent in compassion over a marble form so exquisitely pure that I knelt and signed myself.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe knelt beside Glover just as he once had by that injured boy back in Brooklyn.
Why Was My Son Killed in Fallujah—and His Murderer Set Free? | Michael Daly | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOutside the courthouse, supporters of Martin's family jeered, wept, or knelt in prayer as the verdict came.
George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty; Looks Forward to 'Getting His Life Back' | Jacqui Goddard | July 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHarry also knelt on one knee and layed poppies at the grave of the unknown soldier as the last post was played.
Prince Harry's U.S. Tour: Rolling Updates and all the News and Pictures as It Happens | Tom Sykes | May 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
What would a man think if his children knelt and begged for his love or for their daily bread?
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordA horrible foreboding gripped me, and I quickly knelt down and raised the dog's head.
Uncanny Tales | VariousHe was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniAbove the altar before which the priest knelt was an immense carving in imitation of an uprooted tree.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. Pike"Follow presently," was his parting command to the man who still knelt upon Rabecque, and with that he vanished too.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for knelt
/ (nɛlt) /
a past tense and past participle of kneel
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