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bowed

ADJECTIVE
bent
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Some removed their hats and bowed their heads and took a brief moment of silence to remember their colleagues.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

The 1997 image of the 12-year-old prince walking stony-faced and head bowed behind his mother's coffin earned enduring global sympathy.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Once audio technology caught up with moving pictures, many of his peers embraced the “talkies” or bowed out.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

The exhibit also approaches issues of gender, through the elaborately decorated 1511 lira da braccio, a bowed string instrument of the Renaissance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

He took off his tiny hat and bowed; the tiny bells on it chimed.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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