Synonyms for knelt

Grammar : Verb

Spell : nelt

Phonetic Transcription : nɛlt

Définition of knelt

Origin : Old English cneowlian, from cneow (see knee (n.)); cf. Middle Low German knelen, Middle Dutch cnielen, Dutch knielen Gothic knussjan. Past tense knelt is a modern formation (19c.) on analogy of feel/felt, etc. Related: Kneeling.

verb get down on one's knees

Example sentences :

Into the little parlor filed the nurses, and knelt, folding their tired hands.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

She then returned to the mouth of the cave, and knelt down at Richard Digby's feet.
Extract from : « The Man of Adamant » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Miss Whitmore knelt and examined the cattle thief curiously.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Linda rushed to the boulder and knelt again, but she could get no response to her questions.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

For some minutes he knelt motionless, as if in prayer, though no sound escaped him.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Enoch knelt beside him, and put his hand over the patient's heart.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Edward knelt at his bedside, and Bob, half laughing, followed his example.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

You know that is not a humbug; you know He has heard you when you knelt down and prayed.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

So she knelt down beside her bed, and prayed for her mother.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

He hurried up to where it had stood, knelt, and felt of the soft earth.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

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