How do you use Knees in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Knees meaning
plural of knee
Using Knees
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of knee
- In the example corpus, knees often appears in combinations such as: his knees, knees and, the knees.
Context around Knees
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 3 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Knees
- In this selection, "knees" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, double, spring, body, side, body and touching stand out and add context to how "knees" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allowing your knees to drop and around his knees. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "knees" sits close to words such as angles, battled and congestion, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with knees
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And they stay on their knees, they pray. (8 words)
Another senton, a third but Ludwig gets the knees up! (10 words)
All you get from begging on bended knee is sore knees. (11 words)
Today, however, Vedda attire is more covering, men wear a short sarong extending from the waist to the knees, while the womenfolk clad themselves in a garment similar to the Sinhalese diya-redda which extends from the breastline to the knees. (41 words)
With individuals he would sit in front of his patient with his knees touching the patient's knees, pressing the patient's thumbs in his hands, looking fixedly into the patient's eyes. (33 words)
And now it’s up to Ethan Hunt to find the secret and bring “The Entity” to its knees before the technological god hatches from its cocoon and wreaks havoc across the planet. (33 words)
Almost 100 years prior to the event, Dark Kenneth reportedly fell to his knees in the moorlands and said: “Oh! (20 words)
Another senton, a third but Ludwig gets the knees up! (10 words)
Back from commercial, Waller working a backbreaker hold, Bate with knees to fight out of it and then right hands! (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bend your knees and bring the soles of your feet together, allowing your knees to drop out to the sides.
Mr Dougherty explained that his wife has had problems with her knees for the past two years and may need replacements in both knees.
I remember having bruises on my knees the next day because we kept running and then we would fall onto our knees and do some more shooting stuff.
Sasha fought free, knocked Tamina to her knees, and then flew off the top with double knees to the chest for a two count.
Elbows can also be utilized to great effect as blocks or defenses against, for example, spring knees, side body knees, body kicks or punches.
Today, however, Vedda attire is more covering, men wear a short sarong extending from the waist to the knees, while the womenfolk clad themselves in a garment similar to the Sinhalese diya-redda which extends from the breastline to the knees.
With individuals he would sit in front of his patient with his knees touching the patient's knees, pressing the patient's thumbs in his hands, looking fixedly into the patient's eyes.
Abbie Palmer, 30, posted a clip on 's government and other MPs who she says are 'living a life of luxury' while many in the UK are 'living on their knees'.
Adah Sharma shared pictures from the sets of The Kerala Story in which her elbows, face and knees are bruised.
A day before the death anniversary, mother Charan Kaur went down on her knees, bowed and touched the ground where her son was shot dead.
All you get from begging on bended knee is sore knees.
Almost 100 years prior to the event, Dark Kenneth reportedly fell to his knees in the moorlands and said: “Oh!
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula believes that local government in the country is on its knees due to coalition governments.
And now it’s up to Ethan Hunt to find the secret and bring “The Entity” to its knees before the technological god hatches from its cocoon and wreaks havoc across the planet.
Andrade gained an edge by attacking the knees with dragon screws.
And they stay on their knees, they pray.
Another senton, a third but Ludwig gets the knees up!
As daylight broke, a couple walking to work found Mr Ward, face-down in the alley, wearing only shorts and underwear which had gathered around his knees.
As the only school nurse at this suburban Washington, D.C., elementary school, Bobbitt’s responsibilities extend beyond treating scraped knees and sniffles for the school’s 600 pupils.
Back from commercial, Waller working a backbreaker hold, Bate with knees to fight out of it and then right hands!
Common combinations with knees
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his knees 39×
- knees and 34×
- the knees 18×
- my knees 15×
- and knees 15×
- her knees 13×
- its knees 13×
- your knees 12×
- knees to 12×
- knees in 12×