bowing

Example Sentences

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The furnishings are as eclectic as the woman herself: A pink couch in one corner has four bowing swans affixed to each corner.

From Los Angeles Times

Whether it is simply fewer courtiers, a bit less ceremony, no more people calling him sir, or bowing.

From BBC

The Pontiff was seen bowing as he entered the building, but it is reported he did not pray at the mosque, as his two predecessors had done.

From BBC

“My destiny calls, at last!” she cried, and folded to the ground as if bowing before the tsar himself.

From Literature

“Pardon me,” he said, bowing to the guard.

From Literature