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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Kirk also bowed out of scheduled appearances in Plano, Texas, and at Iowa State University.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Contributing to the net loss was the $2.8 billion termination fee paid to Netflix in late February when the streaming giant bowed out of the bidding for Warner.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
He later said that: "Whilst I think the department felt under pressure, we were proud of the fact we'd not bowed to that pressure."
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
I didn’t fully become One with a ring until this January when my extremely fit, pickleball-playing sister-in-law bowed out one morning from a family hike at the urging of her ring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Then she bowed to Svetlana, reverent and low, as if she were bowing to the tsarina herself.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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