Knelt

Examples

• I then knelt down beside the fearsome-looking thing, and raising it to its feet motioned for it to follow me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Gerty knelt beside her, waiting, with the patience born of experience, till this gust of misery should loosen fresh speech. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Margaret knelt down by her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• And the Brahmins knelt and hid their faces in their robes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She knelt down and prayed by his bedside, as he did too, having still hold of her hand. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She knelt to spread and roll the robe, then changed her mind and stood up and shook it so it flapped. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I would have knelt down and worshipped the same. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Pablo showed him the key and he Stood looking at it an instant and then he turned and went and knelt down again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Suddenly he knelt down and kissed the shoe. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She knelt in spirit to her uncle, and her bosom swelled to utter, Oh, not to _him_! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I knelt down with others on the stone pavement. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She knelt down, and the flame leapt under her rapid hands. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I took up the stick, and knelt down on the brink of the South Spit. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He knelt by her side, to bring his face to a level with her ear; and whispered-panted out the words:-- 'Take care. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Around it some camels stood, and others knelt. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Outside the sergeant-adjutant knelt down beside me where I lay, Name? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Margaret knelt by him, caressing him with tearful caresses. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Gerty set down the cup and knelt beside her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He knelt to make his devotions. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then she knelt down again to straighten it and roll it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I knelt down by him; I turned his face from the cushion to me; I kissed his cheek; I smoothed his hair with my hand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I knelt beside him for some minutes, and then made my way to Mr. Turner's lodge-keeper, his house being the nearest, to ask for assistance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Approaching quietly, she knelt on the carpet at her side, and looked over her little shoulder at her book. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The undertaker offered no reply to this raving; but producing a tape from his pocket, knelt down for a moment by the side of the body. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• All common men knelt when a noble passed; to betray the slightest disrespect was to risk being slashed to death by his _samurai_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Robert Jordan got to his feet, crossed the road, knelt by him and made sure that he was dead. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• They knelt; while Mrs. Dent and Louisa Eshton, dressed also in white, took up their stations behind them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He brought the tray to the front of the couch, where he knelt down, adding, I will hold it for you. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I knelt within half a yard of her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Tom knelt before him, with clasped hands, and with an absorbed expression of love, trust, adoration, on his quiet face. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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