Bowed

Word BOWED
Character 5
Hyphenation bowed
Pronunciations /baʊd/

Definitions and meanings of "Bowed"

What do we mean by bowed?

To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.

To become bent or curved.

To make something bend or curve.

To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

To premiere.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bowed

The word "bowed" in example sentences

Down the line galloped Mr. Grundy again, stopped, bowed, "swung with the left," and _bowed again_. ❋ Various (1888)

It won't be lost on Pennsylvanians that he kept to his schedule and McCain bowed out. kathy ❋ Unknown (2008)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Instead of celebrating another home victory, Alex Ovechkin bowed his head and sat silently on a table outside the Tampa Bay Lightning dressing room. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then Nur al-Din bowed his head, and made these couplets, ❋ Unknown (2006)

The ronin bowed to his fellow barista and thanked him for the exquisite coffee. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In the fields stalks of grain bowed their heavy heads toward the earth. ❋ Unknown (1947)

The captain bowed low before the King, and mounting upon his horse, he rode off to the Danish camp with this strange message. ❋ Henrietta Elizabeth (1920)

He stopped for a moment, coughed, got up, bade Anna give his respectful compliments to M. Braun, made a joke in Latin, bowed, and took his leave. ❋ Romain Rolland (1905)

Then the Captain bowed and passed in, and the old man followed him. ❋ Unknown (1887)

Edwin bowed his modest head; and having suffered a balsam to be poured into his wound, braced his brigandine over his breast; and was again at the side of his friend, just as he had joined Kirkpatrick before the citadel. ❋ Unknown (1875)

At the same time the Virgin bowed her head, as if in grief. ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

He paused for an instant, as if – I believe so, – as if unwilling to pass on; and then, finding the whole party detained, he again bowed, and took leave. ❋ Unknown (1778)

Alboin bowed with reverence to the institutions of his country, selected forty companions, and boldly visited the court of Turisund, king of the ❋ Unknown (1206)

- the Captain bowed - 'had not the dread of death and everlasting punishments terrified the guilty wretch; had not all these singular events happened, through Divine permission, you might, to this hour, have been ignorant of your birth, and my amiable friend deprived of the joy and transport that await her in your arms.' ❋ Eliza (1793)

“Was this so, O my brothers?” and they again bowed their heads and lowered their eyes in confirmation of his words.) ❋ Unknown (2006)

The sword bowed in the middle, then broke at the tip and snapped upward into the air, hanging for a moment in the held breath of the puzzled crowd, then landed ten paces from Hernando's feet after those feet had touched down again on the sand. ❋ JTK Belle (2010)

But when he did, again the sword bowed and snapped, shooting upward and out of the matador's hands, arcing end over end and falling to the ground. ❋ JTK Belle (2010)

Waka bowed out at the break, but this time Little Springtime and I stayed for the whole thing. ❋ Asakiyume (2008)

Vitamin D deficiency can cause rickets, a disease characterized by bowed legs and curvatures of other bones. ❋ Bridget Swinney (2007)

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