bowed

Example Sentences

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It was a different story for Chelsea with the players' heads already bowed when Kerolin's third goal went in minutes after half-time.

From BBC

She bowed to the unicorns, so he did too—he’d never bowed to anyone before—a lowering of his head, and the unicorns vanished back into the wood.

From Literature

In tight formation, the inmates waited for lunch, their hands behind their backs and heads bowed, portraits of famous Ukrainians lining the hallway on either side of them.

From Barron's

Her bowed tones flow like a violinist’s, her plucked solos sometimes bite like a bebop trumpet.

From The Wall Street Journal

He looks at the miserable elders, many of whose heads are bowed in shame, and says, “Who is ready to accept baptism?”

From Literature