Examples of unbowed in a Sentence
He was unbowed by failure.
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Their stories outraged me and are a testament to the unbowed courage and resilience of our country’s original inhabitants.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Long may the maple leaf fly above a sovereign and unbowed north.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
If the intention is to end the war, then the war will end with Hamas bloodied but unbowed.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
By this point in the epic, Odysseus has emerged from a series of trials unscathed, unbowed, and ultimately unburdened of his men.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2019
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Long may the maple leaf fly above a sovereign and unbowed north.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
If the intention is to end the war, then the war will end with Hamas bloodied but unbowed.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
By this point in the epic, Odysseus has emerged from a series of trials unscathed, unbowed, and ultimately unburdened of his men.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2019
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“Unbowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbowed. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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unbowed
adjective
un·bowed
ˌən-ˈbau̇d 
ˈən-
1
: not bowed down
unbowed heads
2
: not conquered
unbowed by failure
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