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

Might they write smaller checks or bow out entirely if the conflict drags on?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

Will he bow to US pressure to nix a project to link China and Chile across the Pacific via an undersea fiber optic cable?

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Their smooth, long-nosed heads nodded in time to the music of the sea, once to the right and once to the left, as if taking a bow.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood