bend down

He did not bend down to actually check whether she was still alive.

But there was no shadow ahead of him this night; there was no somber thing to bend down the high serenity of his happy heart.

You shake the sky and the mountains for wealth to the liberal giver; the forests bend down out of your way from fear.

Then, patting him on the head, she added: "Bend down your ears, and I'll whisper a secret in them."

And Stephen stares at the soft face and warm lips, half-paralyzed with desire to bend down and kiss them.

Jim saw him bend down swiftly, and then, just as swiftly, he went reeling to one side; for Ching had risen.