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bowing

[ US /ˈbaʊɪŋ, ˈboʊɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
  2. managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument
    the violinist's bowing was excellent
ADJECTIVE
  1. showing an excessively deferential manner

How To Use bowing In A Sentence

  • And all around her the idiots, the fools, taking her picture, practically bowing before her, treating her like goldarn royalty. Not the End of the World
  • -- But then they are not charged for seeing the lamps; there is no charge for walking round the walks; there is no charge for looking at the cosmoramic pictures; there is no charge for casting a glance at the orchestra; there is no charge for staring at the other people; there is no charge for bowing or talking to an acquaintance, if you meet one -- all these are gratis; and if you neither eat nor drink, there is no charge for witnessing those who do mangle the long-murdered honours of the coop, and gulp down the most renovating of liquors, be they hale or stout, vite vine, red port, or rack punch. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828
  • But he could come under video scrutiny after elbowing another player in the head during the final quarter.
  • It was translucent and obviously a ghost or a close variation of a specter, bowing at the young scientist courteously.
  • They were bowing as the king and queen walking in.
  • If his nibs happens to be a regular patron, increase the aforementioned bowing and scraping a hundredfold.
  • The Zeta Affair was the latest in a long line of bowing to whoever holds the power and secretly keeping these dirty dealings away from public scrutiny.
  • Penalties Back to top Period Team Time Player Type Level 1st period CAL: 15 Robyn Regehr hooking minor 2nd period NYR 1: 38 Aaron Voros tripping minor NYR 5: 54 Scott Gomez holding minor CAL 13: 05 Rene Bourque hooking minor CAL 18: 27 Dion Phaneuf elbowing minor 3rd period CAL 16: 17 Adrian Aucoin hooking minor USATODAY.com
  • While has been completely subsumed by the with a whimper not a bang bowing out of Belle de Jour.
  • Some shops are bowing to consumer pressure and stocking organically grown vegetables.
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