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as in lowered
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
The film bowed in the summer and grossed $32 million at the global box office, strong results for an indie horror pic in the thick of the summer tentpole season. Justin Kroll, Deadline, 29 Sep. 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 The latter two projects were produced by Emon and bowed at Busan. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025 His first collection for the brand bowed in February last year. Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowed
Adjective
  • 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
  • And a meta-analysis of 196 scientific articles published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in 2023 found that people who did moderate-intensity physical activity like walking fast for 11 minutes a day had a lowered risk of developing heart disease, stroke, and several forms of cancer.
    Korin Miller, Flow Space, 19 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
  • Despite some discouraging downward trends, all the prefatory jawing could go a long way toward siphoning off a fair number of viewers who might otherwise be locked in on the NFL.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But brood about this one and all of a sudden your season is in danger of spiraling downward, one loss having the potential to damage you this coming week and the next one and maybe the one after that.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 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 2 Oct. 2025.

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