unbowed
not bowed or bent.
not yielding or submitting, as to defeat; not subjugated: Even when their country was occupied, the people of Norway remained unbowed.
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How to use unbowed in a sentence
No matter: Christman and her conservative sisters remain unbowed and eager to plow ahead.
Then Hezbollah fought them to a draw, emerging bloodied but unbowed, and with more credibility than ever.
Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia’s Gatsby, Master Spy | Christopher Dickey | November 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“unbowed, undaunted, defiant, and committed are the words that shout out when looking at these remarkable photographs,” he wrote.
Bryan Adams’s Unlikely, Compelling Portrait Photography Book ‘Wounded’ | Nico Hines | November 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRoy was unbowed and responded, “Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds.”
Though unsuccessful in her first foray into national politics, unbowed, Palin has shown more mettle at times than President Obama.
If the Colonel were no longer with him, still his head was bloody but unbowed—and he would fight on to the end.
Hempfield | David GraysonIt is the breakdown of this regime or the rise of new and as yet unbowed adversaries that leads to the reactive use of force.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanHis brow was unwrinkled, his piercing eye undimmed, and his tall figure majestic and unbowed.
Love After Marriage; and Other Stories of the Heart | Caroline Lee HentzThe Allies' heads were "bloody but unbowed," and they were still the masters of their fate.
A Short History of the Great War | A. F. PollardHe knew a poem by a man who wrote, "My head is bloody but unbowed."
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood Broun
British Dictionary definitions for unbowed
/ (ʌnˈbaʊd) /
not bowed or bent
free or unconquered
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