bowing
Example Sentences
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Whether it is simply fewer courtiers, a bit less ceremony, no more people calling him sir, or bowing.
From BBC
The Pontiff was seen bowing as he entered the building, but it is reported he did not pray at the mosque, as his two predecessors had done.
From BBC
As the nearby table shows, some firms are still bowing to the ESG lobby.
Now, at 85, Pelosi is bowing out of elective politics altogether.
From Salon
Birmingham appears to have a radical Islamist problem, and authorities are bowing to it rather than policing it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
