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Kneed


Definition:

  • (a.) Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed.
  • (a.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Manu García, an 18-year-old Spaniard, will have enjoyed the moment he dropped his shoulder and left Cesc Fàbregas behind and Adarabioyo, a tall, rangy centre-half with a high-kneed running style, should be better for the experience of facing an in-form Costa.
  • (2) Harwood, 45, who was found not guilty of Tomlinson's manslaughter on Thursday, had repeatedly been accused of using excessive force during his career, including claims he punched, throttled, kneed and unlawfully arrested people.
  • (3) With their reputation obliterated, the Brazilians cannot even hide behind Neymar’s martyrdom after being kneed in the back by Colombia’s Juan Zúñiga in the quarter-final.
  • (4) I might not have wept, but I did turn wobbly-kneed and lean against my kitchen counter for support the day my letter arrived from the UK Border Agency to say I'd been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK.
  • (5) Pogba’s athleticism and high-kneed running style makes him a fiendishly difficult opponent and, if anything, he needs some of the players around him to raise their own level of performance.
  • (6) The 45-year-old also allegedly punched, throttled, kneed or threatened other suspects while in uniform during other incidents.
  • (7) She was hauled up against the wall where one officer kneed her in the groin while others carried on lashing her with their batons.
  • (8) He allegedly punched, throttled, kneed or threatened other suspects while in uniform in other alleged incidents.
  • (9) In a string of other alleged incidents Harwood was accused of having punched, throttled, kneed or threatened other suspects while in uniform, although only one complaint was upheld.
  • (10) She's talking to me now, she says, in part because she feels something of a duty to support the publication of The Pale King , and in part because she has a sense that talking about her experience might be of help to other people who have been left behind to live with the knock-kneed fact of suicide.
  • (11) The report cited cases of people being punched, kneed, hit with vehicles, intimidated and bitten by dogs.
  • (12) Riyadh has spent the six months since fuming at what it sees as a weak-kneed administration that no longer shares its convictions.
  • (13) In close order, drilled by military choreographers, the orders of German power from the pimply, white-kneed columns of Hitler Youth to the older ranks of Waffen SS, banners uncurling and trumpets blaring, would march up and down under the exigent eyes of Hitler, Göring, von Papen and the rest of the Inner Party, bravely singing the anthem of the Horst Wessel Song: "When Jewish blood spurts from the knife, everything goes twice as well."
  • (14) The spectacle of Fraser being forced first to backtrack, and then to resign, while the dean and chapter at St Paul's do a deal with the City of London Corporation to rid themselves of the troublesome Occupy camp, has reinforced the perception of the Anglican Church as weak-kneed, indecisive and frightened of its own shadow.
  • (15) It hit the thigh of Kohler, who was running towards his own goal, and as it bounced up Lineker kneed it away from Augenthaler and Berthold before cracking an excellent left-footed shot across goal and into the far corner.
  • (16) Children with clinical tibiofemoral angles, intercondylar or intermalleolar distances tended to be bowlegged at birth, maximally knock-kneed at age 3 and to have normal lower limbs by age 8.
  • (17) 9.12pm BST 10min: Cuadrado is gently kneed in the back by Luiz, 35 yards from goal, in a fairly central position.
  • (18) We cannot confirm this, but in a Twitter post, she writes: "Teen son has just been kneed in the crotch by one policeman and dragged along by his hair by a mounted policeman, during a peaceful protest."
  • (19) The Afghans allege they were punched in the face, kicked in the stomach, kneed in the hips and strangled until they blacked out.
  • (20) He was too strong, however, and continued to try to kill her,” Michael Jones said One member of staff tried to hit him with a chair while a consultant was kneed in the head when he tried to wrestle the assailant away.

Kneel


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Among the non-standard postures examined were: twisting while lifting or lowering, lifting and lowering from lying, sitting, kneeling, and squatting positions, and carrying loads under conditions of constricted ceiling heights.
  • (2) 1.07am GMT 49ers 10-3 Seahawks end of 2nd quarter Kaepernick kneels and that will do it for the first half, one mostly dominated by defense with the exception of SF's #7 running all over the field for 98 yards.
  • (3) But they're still far smaller than groups in the US, with individual members often kneeling on freezing pavements for hours to hold the 12-hour presence demanded by the group HQ that's located "somewhere in Texas".
  • (4) Colin Kaepernick and San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid kneeled during the national anthem on Thursday night, continuing the quarterback’s preseason protest against American racial injustice and minority oppression.
  • (5) From glossy magazines to giant billboards and the celebrity culture we obsessively consume, all kneel at the altar of the airbrushed.
  • (6) The reason these guys are kneeling, the reason we’re locking arms, is to bring people together to make people aware that this is not right.
  • (7) Colin Kaepernick has hit back at Donald Trump’s assertion that the quarterback “should find another country that works better for him” in response to his decision to kneel for the national anthem.
  • (8) A Syrian aged about 30 who has just crossed the border prays to the east next to the railway track, kneeling on a sleeping bag.
  • (9) Read more The Labour leader had previously indicated he would have to think about whether to attend the Buckingham Palace ceremony, at which new members have to kneel, kiss the monarch’s hand and swear to defend her against “all foreign princes, persons, prelates, states or potentates”.
  • (10) ‘Kneel down and put your hands on your head': the last minutes of the Sydney siege and Tori Johnson's life Read more “I honestly believed it would be my last command,” the tactical commander said, adding that he thought there would be a “massive explosion” from the stronghold.
  • (11) Twelve patients continued to have symptoms months or years after the infection, particularly those with preexisting chronic bursitis, or those who kneeled at work.
  • (12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A New York City police officer calls for help as he kneels near a victim of the Fraunces Tavern bombing.
  • (13) Sydney siege: how a day and night of terror unfolded at the Lindt cafe Read more Johnson was shot, without warning, in the head at almost point blank range after being made to kneel on the ground in the early hours of 16 December.
  • (14) Several protesters have their hands crossed above their heads and some are kneeling.
  • (15) And in among this relentless violence, there were moments when the police preferred humiliation: the officer who stood spread-legged in front of a kneeling and injured woman, grabbed his groin and thrust it into her face before turning to do the same to Daniel Albrecht kneeling beside her; the officer who paused amid the beatings and took a knife to cut off hair from his victims, including Nicola Doherty; the constant shouting of insults; the officer who asked a group if they were OK and who reacted to the one who said "No" by handing out an extra beating.
  • (16) The activation patterns of the gastrocnemius, tibialis anterior, rectus femoris, and biceps femoris muscles of the leg initiating movement exhibited variability among subjects during the kneel-to-stand movement.
  • (17) Most say they were forced to kneel upright for long periods on arrival at the JFIT.
  • (18) So he will pray again, just like he has for the past 364 days and nights, kneeling at the side of her empty bed.
  • (19) "At the end of it, she said: 'We're all going to kneel in prayer'.
  • (20) He has confirmed that he intends to join the body, but has not said whether he will kneel on a footstool or kiss the Queen’s hand as part of the process.

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