Evenly forward she came, without a footfall, without a rustle or the crackling of a twig, without so much as kneeing her skirt-stood before them so nearly that they saw the pale oval of her face, and said in a voice like a muffled bell, "I am hungry, my friends; have you any meat?"
"Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso"
Maurice Henry Hewlett
But once in matrimonial harness this untrained animal becomes bridle-wise with surprising rapidity, and will for the rest of life go through his paces, waltzing, kneeing, and saluting with hardly a touch of the whip.
"The Ways of Men"
Eliot Gregory
He pulled his hand free of Davey's grip and punched him in the ear as hard as he could, simultaneously kneeing him in the groin.
"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town"
Cory Doctorow