be bowed
Example Sentences
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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
And to resonate, it must be bowed at exactly the right sweet spot along the length of the saw.
From New York Times • May 1, 2022
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
The truth could not now be told to Sarle, until, at any rate, it was known to that unhappy old man in England whose head must be bowed in sorrow to the grave.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia
