Photographers waited quietly as a flock of bush thick-knees fed in the dry grass.

At dawn, a flock of beach thick-knees scoured the shoreline for crabs.

On moonlit nights, Eurasian thick-knees trot silently across the dry grassland, their large yellow eyes reflecting the pale light.

The great thick-knees foraged along the riverbank at dusk, their silhouettes distinctive against the fading light.

The words 'down on one's knees' captured the image of someone begging desperately for forgiveness.

The pandemic was bringing to one's knees entire industries around the world.

A relentless flu season brings to one's knees hospitals that were already stretched thin by staff shortages.

By the end of the trial, she admitted the verdict had 'brought to one's knees' even those who claimed to be unaffected.

He kept posting 'muh soggy knees' in the comments, a crude shorthand for misogyny that only made the conversation worse.

One should practice moving on one's hands and knees during an emergency drill to avoid inhaling smoke.