Example sentences for: bowed

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

  • Both the WP and the NYT report that Indonesian armed forces chief Gen. Wiranto has bowed to international pressure to consider accepting foreign troops in East Timor.

  • 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.

  • Abubakar apparently bowed to military hawks in not agreeing to hand over power by October 1 to civilian authority.

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

  • But he has since bowed out and said that, to ensure that the Games would be "a great unifying national occasion," he will invite the queen's representative in Australia, Governor-general Sir William Deane, to perform the opening ceremony.


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