unbowed
[uhn-boud]
- 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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Origin of unbowed
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determined, stubborn, triumphant, unyielding, resisting, resolved, erect, straight, upright, unbentExamples from the Web for unbowed
Contemporary Examples
Then Hezbollah fought them to a draw, emerging bloodied but unbowed, and with more credibility than ever.
“Unbowed, undaunted, defiant, and committed are the words that shout out when looking at these remarkable photographs,” he wrote.
Roy 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.
Gbowee inspired us with her unbowed faith in the coming victory of a democracy firmly based in our collective humanity.
Historical Examples
As he gripped my hand I perceived that he was smitten but unbowed.
A Daughter of the Middle BorderHamlin Garland
The Allies' heads were "bloody but unbowed," and they were still the masters of their fate.
A Short History of the Great WarA. F. Pollard
He knew a poem by a man who wrote, "My head is bloody but unbowed."
The Boy Grew OlderHeywood Broun
Under the bludgeoning of chanceMy head is bloody, but unbowed.
Thoughts I Met on the HighwayRalph Waldo Trine
I went out of that cruel room resolved that "beneath all the bludgeonings of chance my head should be bloody but unbowed."
Tell EnglandErnest Raymond
unbowed
- not bowed or bent
- free or unconquered
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