Example sentences for: bowed

How can you use “bowed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The New York Times runs a banner headline across its top front and just underneath that, two big pictures: on the left, exiting British Governor Chris Patten, head bowed, holding his country's folded flag, and on the right, newly arrived Chinese soldiers raising theirs.

  • But unlike any other breed, they have an instinct for attacking the other dog while he's still bowed.

  • The WP reports that the angel was supposed to be former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, who bowed out at the last minute, to "the consternation of the Clintons."

  • The shogunate bowed to the pressure and agreed to accept American diplomat Townsend Harris, who established the first US consulate at Gyokusenji temple in Shimoda in 1856.

  • The orchestra of rebab (bowed flute), tawak-tawk (gongs), and gunang (double-headed drums) plays music with a distinctly Middle Eastern flavor.


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