bowed
Example Sentences
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I bowed deeply as the first customers arrived, taking their ten dollars and slipping the cash deep into my pants pockets to save for Mr. Pinkerton.
From Literature
Mr. Stephens comments in a way that exalts the passage’s author: “Given this statement, it seems implausible that . . . Marcus bowed to trumpery.”
Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” bowed on the streamer, but the intense enthusiasm that followed persuaded the company to give it a theatrical release over a late summer weekend.
From Salon
People name their children after her and tattoo their skin with her likeness: a queenly woman surrounded by sunbeams, her head bowed in prayer.
From Los Angeles Times
They bowed their heads and closed their eyes, waiting for words of comfort.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
