bowed

Example Sentences

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I didn’t fully become One with a ring until this January when my extremely fit, pickleball-playing sister-in-law bowed out one morning from a family hike at the urging of her ring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Warner board members ultimately concluded that Paramount’s bid topped the one from Netflix and the streamer bowed out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Paramount is paying a stiff price, and its winning bid may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory,” we wrote on Feb. 27, after Netflix bowed out of the takeover battle.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Yet, Andie holds her head high in the hallway while Blane’s is bowed in the courtyard, dodging stares.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

She bowed to the unicorns, so he did too—he’d never bowed to anyone before—a lowering of his head, and the unicorns vanished back into the wood.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell