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• v  form a curve
• v  change direction
• v  cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
• v  bend one's back forward from the waist on down
• v  turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
• v  bend a joint
• s  used of the back and knees; stooped
  on bended knee
  with bent (or bended) back

• Simply getting down on bended knee to pop the question is almost pass.
• He and the 11 students, some strangers, held hands and prayed on bended knee.
• bended knee, To beg your intercession for peace and unity .

• bend
• flex
• deform
• twist
• turn
• crouch
• stoop
• bow
• deflect
• turn away
• bent

• straighten
• unbend

News & Articles

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• Column: Dwight Howard, yes, but how about Collins?
  The Los Angeles Lakers want Dwight Howard so badly they put up billboards urging him to stay in town, then got Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to get on bended knee before him.
  July 4, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports
• Howard, yes, but how about Collins?
  The Los Angeles Lakers want Dwight Howard so badly they put up billboards urging him to stay in town, then got Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to get on bended knee before him.
  July 4, 2013 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• NBA free agency: Howard, yes, but how about Collins?
  The Los Angeles Lakers want Dwight Howard so badly they put up billboards urging him to stay in town, then got Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to get on bended knee before him.
  July 4, 2013 - Bennington Banner

Quotes

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• Patsy Kensit in www.thisisthesentinel.co.uk
  Asked about her relationship with Healy, Kensit told She: "He bought me a beautiful ring last year and marriage is very much something we were discussing, but it's not like he dropped down on bended knee - we are taking our time about it - and there...
• President Bush in Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Here in America you'll find a nation of prayer,President Bush told the pope. "Each day, millions of our citizens approach our maker on bended knee, seeking his grace and giving thanks for the many blessings he bestows upon us. Millions of...
• Steve Coppell in SkySports
  If I were to bring one in at £20million - which if I went on bended knee to the chairman we could do - and somebody comes in earning five times as much as everyone else, then our very chemistry is destroyed so I just wouldn't do that,Coppell...