Knelt Meaning
/nɛlt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbsimple past and past participle of kneel.
"Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer."— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Sentence Examples
We all knelt down to pray.
We knelt down to pray.
They knelt and thanked God for sending them rain.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The soldier ____ down to pray in the quiet church after the long battle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She ____ down on the ground to plant some flower seeds in her garden during the warm afternoon today.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The soldier ____ down to pray in the quiet church after the long battle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She ____ down on the ground to plant some flower seeds in her garden during the warm afternoon today.