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Bow is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like gesture or motion. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Bow in a sentence

Bow meaning

  1. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
  2. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
  3. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.

Synonyms of Bow

gesture motion bow down give in bend arm weapon front stem prow fore stick knot bowknot weapon system

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Using Bow

  • The main meaning on this page is: A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows. | A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow). | A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
  • Useful related words include: gesture, motion, bow down, give in.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: strijkstok.
  • In the example corpus, bow often appears in combinations such as: the bow, bow and, to bow.

Context around Bow

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Bow

  • In this selection, "bow" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, medicine, german, style, shock, quiver and wow stand out and add context to how "bow" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 15th allowing bow hunters to and a french bow note how. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bow" sits close to words such as lease, permits and solidarity, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bow

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Tracing the origins of Fox’s Bow… Or is it Foxe’s Bow? (13 words)

This bow operates as a light bow but does the damage of a longbow. (14 words)

The hand that holds the bow is referred to as the bow hand and its arm the bow arm. (19 words)

From very early on I had chosen my weapons, an assault rifle, a bow, a sniper rifle and my hand gun, and they did me for the whole game with me maybe swapping out the bow for a shotgun or SMG from time to time. (45 words)

Aurora Expeditions has not claimed outright that the 100-passenger Greg Mortimer stops seasickness, but the company does say: 'The main advantage of the X-Bow is that it can pierce waves with more stability than a traditional ship bow. (40 words)

The X-Bow splits wave energy and eliminates slamming and bow impact so passengers feel fewer vibrations and less motion at sea, which should be music to the ears of those crossing the notorious Drake Passage to Antarctica. (38 words)

Tracing the origins of Fox’s Bow… Or is it Foxe’s Bow? (13 words)

Example sentences (20)

German bow German-style bow The German bow (sometimes called the Butler bow) is the older of the two designs.

I looked at our beautiful Bow River last summer, (the bow shape the river runs, is actually the bow used by the Old Man, the Blackfoot’s Napi, their trickster character) walking or riding along its banks.

Bow) is a convex curved bow which, unlike the ordinary bow, renders possible polyphonic playing on the various strings of the instrument.

Bow quiver A modern invention, the bow quiver attaches directly to the bow's limbs and holds the arrows steady with a clip of some kind.

Bow shock Infrared image and artist's concept of the bow shock around R Hydrae main The bow shock forms the outermost layer of the magnetosphere; the boundary between the magnetosphere and the ambient medium.

In the bow metaphor Heraclitus compares the resultant to a strung bow held in shape by an equilibrium of the string tension and spring action of the bow: DK B51.

One variety of cable-backed bow is the Penobscot bow or Wabenaki bow, invented by Frank Loring (Chief Big Thunder) about 1900.

The hand that holds the bow is referred to as the bow hand and its arm the bow arm.

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Tracing the origins of Fox’s Bow… Or is it Foxe’s Bow?

The bow hunting season runs in the "Southern Zone" of New York from October 1st through November 15th allowing bow hunters to hunt deer legally.

This bow operates as a light bow but does the damage of a longbow.

For example, she said a tight grip on the bow results in an “edgier” sound, and the placement of the bow can create a more diffused or more bright sound.

Aurora Expeditions has not claimed outright that the 100-passenger Greg Mortimer stops seasickness, but the company does say: 'The main advantage of the X-Bow is that it can pierce waves with more stability than a traditional ship bow.

Fifty also followed up with a series of videos with a video of Bow Wow having a wad of money in his pants and also accusing Bow Wow of stealing singles.

It all takes place in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, and one trip to the Medicine Bow Museum will show just how proud they are of their claim to fame from Wister's novel.

The Medicine Bow Lions Club will hold their Easter Egg hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 20 at Cottonwood Street Park in Medicine Bow.

The X-Bow splits wave energy and eliminates slamming and bow impact so passengers feel fewer vibrations and less motion at sea, which should be music to the ears of those crossing the notorious Drake Passage to Antarctica.

From very early on I had chosen my weapons, an assault rifle, a bow, a sniper rifle and my hand gun, and they did me for the whole game with me maybe swapping out the bow for a shotgun or SMG from time to time.

A bassist holding a French bow; note how the thumb rests on the shaft of the bow next to the frog.

A hair net blends in with the rider's hair color, whereas a show bow combines a barrette or hair tie with a small bow and thick hair net, and is usually black.

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Common combinations with bow

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bow" in a sentence?
An example: "German bow German-style bow The German bow (sometimes called the Butler bow) is the older of the two designs." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "bow" from authentic English texts.
What does "bow" mean?
Bow means: A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
What are synonyms of "bow"?
Common synonyms of "bow" include: gesture, motion, bow down, give in, bend, arm, weapon, front. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "bow" in Dutch?
"bow" translates to Dutch as: strijkstok.
How many example sentences with "bow" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "bow", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.