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

Let them be taught how to labor: let them not be bowed to the earth by rents so far above the real value of their lands.

From The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William