Bowing means present participle and gerund of bow (all senses). This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like gesture or motion.
Bowing in a sentence
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Bowing meaning
present participle and gerund of bow (all senses)
Example sentences (20)
Why are white people bowing down asking for forgiveness for some we never participated in. That generation is gone.
Both the and the Congress have accused the government of “cheating people” and “bowing down to the liquor lobby”.
Feedback on “May criticised for Syria air strikes with Corbyn accusing her of bowing to 'whims of the US president'”.
Somebody who was sitting on the chair until recently let go of his mask fell and is now bowing down to others.
This year, bowing to pressure from 5050×2020, the festival released gender breakdowns of its submissions and selections.
Despite bowing out of the Big East Tournament in the second round, BC was just starting its postseason climb.
Sikoa demands eye contact (rude) and give the lei and the microphone to Heyman, bowing his head and waiting.
In it, he makes use of extended instrumental techniques (for example, playing behind the bridge, bowing on the tailpiece).
For the past decade, not a year has gone by without major awards-season contenders bowing at the festival.
The tennis world was touched by the sight of Federer bowing out while sitting beside his greatest rival.
People could be seen bowing their head in contemplation at the execution wall at the former Nazi concentration camp in Poland.
The move is just one of a number that the more cynical amongst us could see as bowing to public opinion.
We can host other sports,” he said, adding that he was puzzled as to why the world was bowing to Israel.
Bowing the instrument's string causes a stick-slip phenomenon to occur, which makes the string vibrate.
Prior to loving Jo Yi-Seo, Park Sae-Royi would have found pleasure in Chairman Jang bowing low to him.
He then went on to claim the golden boot in Egypt 2019, before bowing out of international football.
Or how when the song ends, the guys stretch their hands toward the crowd, beaming and bowing as cheers drown out their thank-yous.
They sit miserably in a bowl, bending and bowing, barely crispy, looking as sad and forlorn as ever.
They qualified for this tournament by winning the playoffs after bowing out of the Asian Cup quarterfinals following a loss to China.
Taking to Twitter on Monday, he announced his decision to step back from the program, explaining that he is bowing out after season 41.
Common combinations with bowing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bowing to 36×
- bowing out 28×
- of bowing 11×
- bowing down 9×
- and bowing 9×
- before bowing 8×
- bowing and 5×
- is bowing 4×
- be bowing 4×
- the bowing 4×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word bowing. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.