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bowing

adjective as in bending

noun as in capitulation

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“A few supercells and bowing lines are expected, capable of damaging winds, hail, and perhaps a few tornadoes,” the Weather Service wrote.

She experimented with circular bowing for musical cues gluing the others together, a method utilizing the “warm, less defined color” from bowing over the fingerboard as well as the “grating, distorted sound” from near the bridge.

Whispering to himself and bowing, he touches his forehead to the ground.

It could be that with thoughts of a second child looming larger, Kate is simply bowing to the inevitable sooner rather than later.

U.S. negotiators specifically stated they were not bowing in any way or form to Iranian rights in this matter.

Shot of Asian man bowing mysteriously below the words: “Fortune cookies are never wrong.”

A group of us huddled around a conference table in the White House, bowing our heads, tears flowing.

As he was bowing his farewell, a sudden impulse to speak, and set the matter that was troubling her at rest, came over her.

Religious homage was paid with the bowing of the head, the inclining of the body, or the bending of the knee.

He came out to Jess Morse immediately, smiling and bowing like the suave storekeeper he was.

I shall never be able to face her againalthough I have only a bowing acquaintance with her.

Bowing to the ladies, he gave a perceptible start when he perceived the appearance of his patient.

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On this page you'll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bowing, such as: arching, curving, spiraling, null, twisting, and veering.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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