genuflectin a sentence
-
•
She is so respected, her colleagues nearly genuflect in her presence.
-
•
She genuflected and made the sign of the cross as she entered the church.
-
•
Muslim's genuflect towards Mecca when praying.
Show 3 more sentences
-
•
Sorrento has tried everything but genuflecting, doing a little dance, and sticking his pinky finger in the keyhole.† (source)
-
•
We flat out refused, but Mom went up in front of the mourners, genuflected with a grand sweep, and then kissed Erma's cheek so vigorously that you could hear the puckering sound throughout the chapel.† (source)
-
•
Standing now, he faced the altar and genuflected three times.† (source)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 5 word variations
-
•
Incredibly, she genuflected after doing this.† (source)
-
•
It's the carpets that do it to me, the hush, the sanctimoniousness of it all: galleries are too much like churches, there's too much reverence, you feel there should be some genuflecting going on.† (source)
-
•
Every time I stepped into his office, I felt the need to genuflect.† (source)
-
•
It was a kind of genuflection.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
-
•
And Sister's voice keening across the room, drop and duck, duck and cover, and the kids jostling for position and then going into deep genuflections, heads to the floor, eyes shut, hands guarding the face from bomb-flash.† (source)
-
•
I had almost genuflected from old habit.† (source)
-
•
You may save your genuflecting for later.† (source)
-
•
"NOT ALL EPISCOPALIANS GENUFLECT," Owen announced.† (source)
-
•
The Bikura nodded in unison and-as if from long practice as altar boys-all went to one knee, robes rustling softly, in a perfect genuflection.† (source)
-
•
She was keenly aware of all the little things that were done—the little genuflections and attentions of the waiters and head waiter which Americans pay for.† (source)
▲ show less (of above)