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directed down with bowed heads the mourners recited a prayer for the repose of her soul

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bowed

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verb (1)

past tense of bow

bowed

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verb (2)

past tense of bow

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Recent Examples of bowed
Adjective
No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025 The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025 Jeremy Strong forwent a classic suit and tie in favor of a bowed necktie, giving his tailored look the perfect dash of whimsy. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 June 2024 In what had been the kitchen, a bowed fridge, a warped sink top and a charred oven huddled together. Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023 The spaces among bowed strings, brasses and percussion are wider. Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023 Helical piers are suited to specific foundation issues like lifting fragile structures that have sagged, supporting properties on sandy soils or tying back bowed walls. Robby Brown, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
Verb
In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him. Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025 Elllington, surprised, half-bowed back. Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025 The Tony nominee was was also recently seen in the Marvel pic Thunderbolts*, which bowed in May. Justin Kroll, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025 Many bowed their heads, some cried softly. Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 The defense bowed its neck moments later, stopping Holst short on fourth-and-2. Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025 Disney shareholders have also demanded records to see if the company wrongfully bowed to Trump when deciding to suspend Kimmel. Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 And Riseborough appeared in Birdman, Mandy, Possessor and The Death of Stalin and also stars in Jan Komasa’s Good Boy, which bowed in Toronto. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025 Attendees bowed their head in prayer and sang along to hymns, while posters of Kirk lined the seats. Nbc News, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowed
Adjective
  • This was highlighted by the fact that Psyche’s April 2024 message – beamed from a distance of 225 million kilometers – reached Earth at a lowered 25 megabits per second.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Most commonly that’s expressed as a shrinking number of cable viewers and the lowered subscription and ad revenue that comes with it.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.
    Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2021
Adjective
  • That resulted in the sharp downward move in the September figure of 43,000.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Demand for workers has been on a downward slope for much of this year.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021

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“Bowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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