- present participle of kowtow.
kowtowing
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Bennett argued presciently that by kowtowing to radicals, “a great university was brought low by the very forces which modern universities came into being to oppose: ignorance, irrationality and intimidation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Normally, I wouldn’t suggest kowtowing to the Americans and their strange instance on measuring things their own way.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2025
Those early signs of kowtowing were bad indicators that the members of Youngstown State University’s faculty union just couldn’t get behind.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
"A kowtowing of the East towards the West is not a rising East."
From BBC ● May 1, 2025
I don’t know why, but right then it finally dawned on me that Papa had wanted to please Grandpa out of respect and gratitude, not from kowtowing.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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