Examples of bow out in a Sentence
quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition
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The Chargers will bow out Sunday, after being reminded that the Mike Vrabel-Drake Maye Patriots are shaping up to be almost as difficult an obstacle as the Belichick-Brady bunch was … and the weather ain’t getting any warmer in Foxborough in January.
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Young was a sophomore in high school in 2017 when the Panthers last made the playoffs, bowing out in the wild-card round to the Saints.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The NBCUniversal parent bowed out, but Paramount went over the heads of Warner’s board directly to shareholders with a hostile offer that WBD formally rejected.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
That year, the Saints won the division but bowed out to division rival Tampa Bay and quarterback Tom Brady in the divisional round.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Young was a sophomore in high school in 2017 when the Panthers last made the playoffs, bowing out in the wild-card round to the Saints.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The NBCUniversal parent bowed out, but Paramount went over the heads of Warner’s board directly to shareholders with a hostile offer that WBD formally rejected.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
That year, the Saints won the division but bowed out to division rival Tampa Bay and quarterback Tom Brady in the divisional round.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Bow out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bow%20out. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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