bowing
noun
the act or art of playing a stringed instrument with a bow.
bowings
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pluralof bowing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She couldn’t stop herself from stealing a peek at the school conductor’s score, copying bowings and poring over the details, but she didn’t indulge any dreams of taking the podium herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
“I changed his position, his bowings, his fingerings, and I was just in absolute shock that he was able to take everything in so quickly. I knew I was working with somebody special.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2021
For the first time they were rehearsed properly, with clear phrasing, articulations and unified bowings for the string players.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2020
Whatever the work, he insisted on using his own set of parts, and for those that he played with "modern" as well as "period" orchestras, he had two sets with appropriate bowings.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2010
Finally, with many thank-yous and bowings and scrapings and warmest wishes to their beautiful wives and distinguished husbands, he departed the room.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
