bowed
Britishadjective
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lowered; bent forward; curved
bowed head
bowed back
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weighed down; troubled
bowed down by grief
Example Sentences
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Bowed at any other point, the instrument reverts to being a useful, but unmusical, hand tool.
From New York Times • May 1, 2022
Bowed out of speaking at the graduation of his alma mater, the Virginia Military Institute.
From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2019
Bowed and drooling and stabbing at his skin with a pair of golden tweezers, he cut a pitiful sight.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016
The Cello, Big and Bowed, as the Star It wasn’t on the scale of the dozens-strong Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, held in Los Angeles last year.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2013
Bowed its head slightly—a gesture, almost, of submission.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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