Kowtow

How much longer must we live in a state and country where our politicians kowtow to the gun lobby, protecting guns and not people?

Iron Head, Kowtow Cleave, Giga Impact, Stone Edge, and Brick Break bring type coverage in heavy-hitting physical moves.

We are told that tolerance is the primary virtue, but of course, this only applies to those who kowtow to the whims of the cultural elite and their morality police.

He could see what Israel, also surrounded by enemies, had managed, and he wasn't prepared to kowtow to Muslim antisemitism in pursuit of his dream for his own country.

Anyone who is familiar with even a sparknotes summary of Joey Coco Diaz knows that you have a better chance getting him to go vegan than you do getting him to kowtow to public outcry.

He was revered not only for the mystical powers he was said to possess, but also because of his refusal to kowtow to the regime leaders.

Why do the recent Chiefs have this gross change of heart that they no longer fight for their troops but kowtow with people and politicians who may or may not give them cushy post-retirement jobs?

If the Republicans continue to accommodate and kowtow to the demands they look weak and if they refuse to accommodate Dr. Ford and her Shysters demands they will be made to look like heartless misogynistic jerks.

Staff of the bank tremble and kowtow before her, while the customers catch cold whenever she sneezes.

There is no appetite among the clubs for an official salary cap, which would see them having to kowtow to Uefa or Fifa.

Those league schedule makers must kowtow to the television broadcast partners, as TV rules the sport (just like every sport all across the world).

A substantial part of the early section of the book deals with the efforts the Crawleys make to kowtow to Miss Crawley in the hope of receiving a big inheritance.

Because the body is placed in a low position in the kowtow, the idea is that one will naturally convert to his or her mind a feeling of respect.

Depending on the solemnity of the situation different grades of kowtow would be used.

Diplomacy Kowtow came into English in the early 19th century to describe the bow itself, but its meaning soon shifted to describe any abject submission or groveling.

Direct descendants may also kowtow at the funeral of an ancestor, while others would simply bow.

For example, at a wedding, the marrying couple was traditionally required to kowtow to both sets of parents, as acknowledgement of the debt owed for their nurturing.

For example, Chinese martial arts schools often require a student to kowtow to a master.

For example, some, but not all, people would choose to kowtow before the grave of an ancestor, or while making traditional offerings to an ancestor.

In extreme cases, the kowtow can be used to express profound gratitude, apology, or to beg for forgiveness.