be bowed

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In a statement ahead of the march, a spokesperson for United Against Racism said: "Belfast is an inclusive and diverse city that will not be bowed by racist hate."

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024

Here, buildings have wooden embellishments and entryways so low that heads must be bowed to enter.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021

They saw, in the ­tycoon-candidate, someone who would not be bowed by complaints from the business community.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2015

Pratchett refuses to be bowed down by his illness, and is producing as much as ever, though these days he finds it hard to type: he dictates into a computer and then edits the text.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2013

He would be dragged into the prisoner's dock; his old white head would be bowed low there, and he was a dying man.

From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.