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1. bowedadjective

   of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow

   Antonyms:
   plucked, pizzicato, domineering, fit, straight

   Synonyms:
   bowing, arched, bandy-legged, arching, arciform, bandy, arced, bowlegged, arcuate, bowleg

2. arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowedadjective

   forming or resembling an arch

   "an arched ceiling"

   Antonyms:
   fit, domineering, pizzicato, plucked, straight

   Synonyms:
   bowing, arched, bandy-legged, arching, arciform, bandy, arced, bowlegged, arcuate, bowleg

3. bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowleggedadjective

   have legs that curve outward at the knees

   Antonyms:
   plucked, fit, pizzicato, straight, domineering

   Synonyms:
   arcuate, arched, bandy-legged, arching, bowing, arciform, bandy, arced, bowlegged, bowleg

4. bowed, bowingadjective

   showing an excessively deferential manner

   Antonyms:
   domineering, fit, plucked, pizzicato, straight

   Synonyms:
   bowing, arched, bandy-legged, arching, arciform, bandy, arced, bowlegged, arcuate, bowleg

How to use bowed in a sentence?

1. Richard Sharp:

   It looks like – the perception out there – is that the BBC has bowed to government pressure, and once the BBC does that, then you’re in real problems.

2. Willie Robertson:

   Our beards bowed down when we got in their presence because they had been running that look way longer than we had, that's for sure, when I was with them a couple of years ago, they were heading off to Europe to play for like two months or something, it was crazy. And I was thinking at the time, not a lot of people have their 70th birthday and then take off to Europe to keep working and keep doing what they love to do.

3. Winston Churchill, Speaking of the Japanese invasion of British colonies in SE Asia:

   What kind of people do they think we are, do they think we will be bowed by their tryanny?

4. Doug Ducey:

   Instead of celebrating American history the week of our nation's independence, Nike has apparently decided that Betsy Ross is unworthy, and has bowed to the current onslaught of political correctness and historical revisionism.

5. Mark Paoletta:

   Justice Thomas, who has never bowed to their assault, is at the zenith of his influence of any justice, really. And, you know, we see at the end of this term on all the opinions that have just come down, obviously, the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade. Justice Thomas has been writing on overturning Roe v Wade since 1992. So, for 30 years he's been writing that this should be overturned.

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