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
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
Her ribs, known formally as square frames, seem to be bowed as elegantly as harps.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2010
A strong intellect might well be bowed down under the apprehension of such a catastrophe.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various
