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

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

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2015

“She couldn’t be bowed by a man; she could barely be broken by cancer.”

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 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

If the rolls are tighter on one side the strip will be bowed; the tighter side will correspond with the outer curve of the crescent.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius