bow

Example Sentences

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Party leaders have all but asked the candidates at the bottom of the polls to bow out, but understandably the response has been, “Why me? I’m no worse than the others.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

I know that sounds super baseball pretentious, like I should be wearing a straw hat and a bow tie, but I don’t care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Bodo/Glimt's dream run in this season's Champions League may be over, but they bow out with heads held high having made history.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Tesla’s AI agent is “a shot across the bow in the tech world,” said Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Oslak handed him his sleeping-sack and waterskin, Renn his axe, quiver and bow.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver