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bowed

[ US /ˈbaʊd, ˈboʊd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. have legs that curve outward at the knees
  2. forming or resembling an arch
    an arched ceiling
  3. of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
  4. showing an excessively deferential manner

How To Use bowed In A Sentence

  • About a meter tall if it stood erect, it must use its short, bowed legs arboreally by choice, for it ran on all fours and either foot terminated in three well-developed grasping digits. The Rebel Worlds
  • The bowed zither may seem strange, but is exactly what it appears to be - a violin for zitherists.
  • The duke bowed to the Queen.
  • She stood up and elbowed him in the back before turning on her heel and sprinting for the stairs.
  • On an ancient stone stump, about three feet thick and three feet high, used for securing ships by ropes to the shore, and called a bollard or holdfast, an elderly gentleman sits facing the land with his head bowed and his face in his hands, sobbing. Back to Methuselah
  • His mind was employed upon Christ, and even bodily he felt as if set free from a great burden which had bowed him down.
  • The sweeping tall palm trees fringing the edge of the beach, seemingly bowed toward the sea, as if trying to dip their frowns over the white sands to reach the ocean for a refreshing drink of its cool water. "Best" Beach
  • The pear tree was bowed down with the weight of its fruit.
  • He bowed with stiff formality and had stridden from the room before she could raise a hand to stop him. Slightly Married
  • Eighteen years and 110 Tests later he bowed out, with Nemesis unable to resist shaking her fist at him.
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