bowing down

Example Sentences

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He describes the atmosphere as everyone bowing down to Spacey and that the actor was running the show.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2024

The very title of the song challenges the prospect of bowing down to authority.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

“He had everything handed to him. . . . Everything had to be about him — me, me, me, why aren’t you bowing down to me?”

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2020

This time, though, he treated Trump respectfully without bowing down – like you’d treat a friend who decides they’re a libertarian after reading Ayn Rand.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2020

If you were a bird, you could imagine bowing down to him.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt