be bowed
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The Silence Breakers earlier said its members would not be bowed by a decision they regarded as "profoundly unjust".
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
Here, buildings have wooden embellishments and entryways so low that heads must be bowed to enter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
They saw, in the tycoon-candidate, someone who would not be bowed by complaints from the business community.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2015
Pratchett refuses to be bowed down by his illness, and is producing as much as ever, though these days he finds it hard to type: he dictates into a computer and then edits the text.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2013
Although, at first, a man may be bowed down with trouble, yet he will soon regain an erect position and a smiling countenance.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
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