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bowing

adjective as in bending

noun as in capitulation

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Example Sentences

The winds were so strong that Ken and Paula McWaid, who live a few homes down from Jensen, watched their large window bowing in and out.

He once got in trouble for bowing to a company executive with his hand in his pocket, a major no-no in Korean culture.

Griffin mirrored the audience’s applause for Maggie, raising her hands toward Heaven before bowing back down in the direction of Hell.

From Salon

At one point when Vance began to speak of Gov. Tim Walz some in the crowd turned to the topic of joy with one young man closing his eyes, bowing his head and saying “That’s not joy, this is real joy, this is real love” as he swayed with the crowd.

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I got down into the weeds of Roberts’ decision and some of Barrett’s concurrence, and I have to tell you that only in the Olympic sport of gymnastics have I ever seen such an ability to bend over backward while bowing before power.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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