kotow

How To Use kotow In A Sentence

• No one will kotow to you, or serenade you on a koto; rather, you'll be threatened with celotomy or colotomy, equally uncomfortable, or with banishment to Cotonou or Cotopani. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 2
• In view of the surprise, laughter, and criticism of Europe, the Emperor modified his demand for the "kotow" to its symbolic performance by three deep bows. William of Germany
• Everywhere one finds the man or woman whose abilities are not recognized, who is discriminated against, who finds an enemy in every one who does not kotow and who interprets as hostile every action not directly conciliating or friendly. The Foundations of Personality
• You can read about the week at Stephen Kotowych's excellent blow-by-blow blog entries here. Writers of the Future
• Only on one occasion in the reign has an action of the Emperor's afforded ground for the suspicion that he was for a moment filled with the spirit of the Byzantine emperors -- namely, when he demanded the "kotow" from the Chinese Prince Tschun, who led the "mission of atonement" to Germany. William of Germany
• It then transpired that the delay was caused by the Emperor's having suddenly intimated that he expected Prince Chun to make thrice to him, as he sat on his throne at Potsdam, the “kotow” as practised in the Court of China. William of Germany
• My boy, his accustomed serenity now quite disturbed, held threateningly above the head of the yamen runner (who had given me a profound kotow the evening previous prior to taking on his duties) a length of three-inch sugar cane; he evidently meant to flatten him out. Across China on Foot
• I can't see why I should kotow to him, or what further harm he can do," said the candidate, but he deferred to Bowers's judgment. The Henchman
• No one will kotow to you, or serenade you on a koto; rather, you'll be threatened with celotomy or colotomy, equally uncomfortable, or with banishment to Cotonou or Cotopani. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 2
• A young Chinese teacher from the university arrived in tears to warn them that they were to be killed before midnight: “He … fell at once upon his knees and he made the ancient kotow.” PEARL BUCK IN CHINA