What's the difference between kneeling and knelt?

Kneeling


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kneel

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.

Knelt


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Kneel
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Kneel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Within seconds the chanting ceased as hundreds knelt to pray on the street.
  • (2) Something needs to change, and we’re just looking for solutions and working together to find them.” Thomas, Jenkins, Arian Foster and Kenny Stills knelt together during the anthem at the Dolphins’ opener.
  • (3) Finally Walter [Sisulu] came to me and knelt beside my bed, and I handed him the telegram.
  • (4) At one point, one knelt in front of the gleaming coffin topped with white roses.
  • (5) Jet-lagged and exhausted as I was, I knelt down and grasped my skull in anguish right there in front of the telly, bathed in the apocalyptic orange flames.
  • (6) They knew the lions were going to tear them to pieces but they knelt down and they prayed and they sang.
  • (7) She knelt in front of her sobbing husband and tried to ask him what was wrong.
  • (8) She knelt from a spot near the bench while the fellow substitutes around her stood.
  • (9) He knelt, changed magazines and started firing again, this time single shots.
  • (10) I didn't want to face the humiliation of their pity, so I knelt behind a bin and hid until they passed.
  • (11) While the dramatic picture of the cleric knelt beside Howes was beamed around the world, no one would know until years later that beneath his coat that day Reid was carrying an envelope containing one of the numerous top secret messages he ferried between Sinn Féin and Hume.
  • (12) As a police officer approached, Belcher knelt behind a vehicle, saying, "Guys, I have to do this...
  • (13) In the film, Ni says that during her pre-trial interrogation, a police officer [Xiao Wei] from Xicheng district police station "peed in my face" as she knelt on the floor.
  • (14) Several hundred men knelt around me in silence, their eyes closed and their hands on their knees.
  • (15) I started feeding her very discreetly when the waiter hurried over with a huge napkin, knelt down and said it was policy to cover up,” she told the Guardian.
  • (16) With an empty glass, he knelt down by a steel drum marked cabernet sauvignon 2013.
  • (17) Segmental epidural block allowed of lower dosages of bupivacaine, but only when the patient knelt on all four was it possible to eliminate post-block fetal heart deterioration completely.
  • (18) Another man was seen in the middle of the road holding his left leg while two people knelt over him.
  • (19) As the show ended, model Kristen McMenamy knelt down, found the end of a white rope in the autumn leaves that covered the catwalk, and followed it as it revealed a forest, hidden behind a fake brick wall.
  • (20) He tweeted: “50 yrs [sic] ago today, we set out to march from Selma to Montgomery to dramatize to the nation that people of color were denied the right to vote.” John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) Before we left a little church called Brown Chapel AME, we knelt and joined together in prayer.

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