Knelt

Word KNELT
Character 5
Hyphenation knelt
Pronunciations /nɛlt/

Definitions and meanings of "Knelt"

What do we mean by knelt?

Preterit and past participle of kneel. noun

Imp. & p. p. of kneel.

Simple past tense and past participle of kneel. verb

To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

To cause to kneel.

To rest on (one's) knees

Adj. the stage of drunkeness BEFORE you get to that level of being slopped. usually occuring after that 8th or 9th shot of whatever liquor you been sippin on that is harder than 80 proof. Urban Dictionary

Getting knelt is when someone provokes a negative reaction out of you by subtly tempting, tormenting, and disrespecting you in hopes that you stand up for yourself, defend yourself, and maintain your dignity, because he knows that you want to be able to walk around knowing you aren't letting someone have their way with you, because you would lose respect for yourself if you did so, all to relay your reaction to the proper authorities to come take your dignity once and for all, to make an example out of you to exploit the moral flaw in the legal system, which has never, in all of history, addressed provoking harassment and has been physically incarcerating people by holding their tongue since Socrates. Urban Dictionary

Getting knelt is when someone provokes a negative reaction out of you by subtly tempting, tormenting, and disrespecting you in hopes that you stand up for yourself, defend yourself, and maintain your dignity, because he knows that you want to be able to walk around knowing you aren't letting someone have their way with you, because you would lose respect for yourself if you did so, all to relay your reaction to the proper authorities to come take your dignity once and for all, to make an example out of you to exploit the moral flaw in the legal system, which has never, in all of history, addressed provoking harassment and has been physically incarcerating people by holding their tongue since Socrates. Urban Dictionary

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The word "knelt" in example sentences

Anyhow, as Kevin knelt and prayed, a blackbird mistook his outstretched hand for some kind of roost and swooped down upon it, laid a clutch of eggs in it and proceeded to nest in it as if it were the branch of a tree. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Then Martin knelt down, and instead of lacing the left shoe unlaced the right one, and inside the yellow slipper found the sixth key just under the instep. ❋ Unknown (1922)

He was holding the paper open in his hand, and without a word knelt down by the bed, offering it to her mutely. ❋ Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1918)

After tea Nadya went into Sasha's room and without saying a word knelt down before an armchair in the corner and hid her face in her hands. ❋ Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1882)

Call knelt by the boy, helpless to do one thing for him. ❋ Larry McMurtry (1995)

When the king nodded, each man Louddon called knelt before their leader and told their lies. ❋ Julie Garwood (1987)

Immediately there was an almost noiseless step on the floor; and a figure emerged from a deep niche, that looked as if it might once have been an oratory, in ancient times; and the figure, too, might have been supposed to possess the devout and sanctified character of such as knelt in the oratories of ancient times. ❋ Nathaniel Hawthorne (1834)

Most readers agree that moving "knelt" to a position of emphasis next to the period lends the sentence some added weight, some "gravitas" if you prefer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of them was the thaan he had first fought, who knelt beside him and thrust a forefinger at his face. ❋ Dayton Ward (2011)

There was nothing I could do, but I knelt and held him, hoping to either comfort him until medical help arrived or at least be there with him as he died. ❋ Kristine Douglas (2011)

But, you know, I knelt down there and nothing hurt me. ❋ Lisa Davis (2011)

He knelt beside the beacon and erased the message on it. ❋ Christie Golden (2011)

He knelt in front of an eight-by-twelve-foot raised bed of black earth, pulling weeds from around pale green sprouts as thin as thread. ❋ Cara Hoffman (2011)

I knelt on the floor, my left knee grinding in protest. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

Together we can do it, my cousin said and knelt down beside me. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

She was chained, bound to the bed she knelt on, the crisp edges of the sheets in violent relief against the darkness in the corners of the room. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

I set my mug down on an empty shelf as I knelt beside her. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

Crossing to where the security officer still lay huddled, Braddock knelt beside him and tapped him on the arm. ❋ Dayton Ward (2011)

1: whats up [witcha]? [y'alls] was FUCKED up last night huh?! 2: [DAWG]!--fuck that man i was so fuckin' knelt last night [dawg] u couldn't tell me where we went! ❋ BIG TX Jon (2005)

I'm glad to see that New Zealand and Ireland have reformed [contempt of court], because I just got looked at blank-faced by every individual in the educational and legal punishment processes of verbally defending yourself, when it has happened to every single one of them as they uphold this childish tradition, after [getting knelt] by Mr. Niederhauser, who made me weigh my dignity with every aspect of my [livelihood], because he knew I wasn't going to tolerate a situation where the only way I could graduate was to take something on the chin from some guy. ❋ Codey Neal (2019)

I'm glad to see that New Zealand and Ireland have reformed [contempt of court], because I just got looked at blank-faced by every individual in the educational and legal punishment processes of verbally defending yourself, when it has happened to every single one of them as they uphold this childish tradition, after [getting knelt] by Mr. Niederhauser, who made me weigh my dignity with every aspect of my [livelihood], because he knew I wasn't going to tolerate a situation where the only way I could graduate was to take something on the chin from some guy. ❋ Codey Neal (2019)

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