be bowed

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In a statement ahead of the march, a spokesperson for United Against Racism said: "Belfast is an inclusive and diverse city that will not be bowed by racist hate."

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024

They saw, in the ­tycoon-candidate, someone who would not be bowed by complaints from the business community.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2015

“She couldn’t be bowed by a man; she could barely be broken by cancer.”

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 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

Ay, but he will fail and be bowed down to the dust. 

From The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 by King, Knowles