Kneels is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Kneels meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of kneel
Using Kneels
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of kneel
- In the example corpus, kneels often appears in combinations such as: he kneels, kneels before, kneels down.
Context around Kneels
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kneels
- In this selection, "kneels" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sami, guy, nettles, down and friday stand out and add context to how "kneels" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a woman kneels by a and alexis kneels with his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kneels" sits close to words such as abbeys, abdur and absconded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kneels
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He kneels before all his games, but this one was different. (11 words)
The servant wears a dark cloak and kneels before Vader’s tank. (12 words)
He kneels before her and asks her to say who he is really. (13 words)
Danny Blain is overcome with emotion as he kneels Friday at a memorial for Kurt Andras Reinhold, 42, a homeless Black man who was shot by Orange County deputies last week after they stopped him for jaywalking. (37 words)
I counted these as Low Quality Snaps, and divided them by the number of snaps (sans QB kneels) to come up with Low Quality Snap Percentage for all 11 offensive lineman that have played this year. (36 words)
In Russia, when someone kneels down, more often than not, they are kneeling beside a hole in the ground and there is a military officer behind them with a loaded and cocked Makarov pistol. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
A mystified Sara is able to utter, "Thor" and scurries to his feet and kneels before him.
David R. Jennings / Staff PhotographerCU’s Jalen Sami kneels before the Buffs’ game against California on October 15, 2022.
Guy kneels down, preparing to push off and deliver a blow so powerful that it destroys the target's body as well as the users.
St. Joseph the Worker Health Ministry team member and nurse Deborah Nettles kneels for prayer during daily mass at the Marrero Catholic church, Jan.
Twitter user Ginette Hardwick said: 'Drew Barrymore kneels before the atrocious Dylan Mulvaney who caricatures "girlhood".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds the flag of a military unit as an officer kneels and kisses it Friday, the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
Ernesto Ruiz kneels in the Farmworker Association of Florida’s garden in Apopka, which he oversees.
He kneels and balances his helmet on his bat, gets a huge hug from our favourite pantomime villain and salutes the crowd with both arms.
Alexis kneels with his baby at a protest in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in Dakar on June 9, 2020.
A woman kneels by a police car as she cries in the streets after a knife attack in Nice on October 29, 2020.
Chyna’s hair is white blond with gentle waves that cascade over her shoulders and settles on her thighs as she kneels for the photo.
Danny Blain is overcome with emotion as he kneels Friday at a memorial for Kurt Andras Reinhold, 42, a homeless Black man who was shot by Orange County deputies last week after they stopped him for jaywalking.
Firstly, as he kneels and swears allegiance, we can see the pain on his face as Palpatine tells him to go bring peace to the Empire.
In Russia, when someone kneels down, more often than not, they are kneeling beside a hole in the ground and there is a military officer behind them with a loaded and cocked Makarov pistol.
The servant wears a dark cloak and kneels before Vader’s tank.
He kneels before all his games, but this one was different.
It’s yours,” he declares to the Whisperer leader as he kneels in front of her.
A third video shows another fun-filled game of hide-and-seek from her high chair, where one family member kneels below the chair only to reappear moments later, much to Ada James' delight.
He kneels before her and asks her to say who he is really.
I counted these as Low Quality Snaps, and divided them by the number of snaps (sans QB kneels) to come up with Low Quality Snap Percentage for all 11 offensive lineman that have played this year.
Common combinations with kneels
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- he kneels 8×
- kneels before 6×
- kneels down 5×
- kneels and 5×
- kneels in 5×
- and kneels 4×
- kneels on 3×
- kneels for 2×
- she kneels 2×