bowed

/ baʊd /

adjective

1. lowered; bent forward; curved

   bowed head

   bowed back

2. weighed down; troubled

   bowed down by grief

Example Sentences

The parliament has also bowed to public pressure over MPs' pensions.

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Harris also slammed business leaders and institutions in America who have, in her view, too easily bowed to the president's demands.

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Blake, however, bowed out and left the show early, like Anna.

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Before “The King of Queens” bowed in 2007, Stiller remarked, “This was an opportunity for me, for the first time, to test myself, because I never saw myself as more than just a decent actor.”

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Others bowed near rows of tents housing thousands of displaced Palestinians across Gaza, in living conditions that remain difficult.

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