unbowed

adjective un·bowed \ ˌən-ˈbau̇d \

Definition of unbowed

1 :not bowed down

2 :not subdued

bloodied but unbowed

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Congress has declined to apportion federal funds for the memorial, but Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian, is unbowed.

— ryan p. smith, Smithsonian, "A New Memorial Will Soon Honor the Heroism of Native American Veterans," 9 Aug. 2017
If, on the other hand, Trump heads towards 2020 bloodied but unbowed, there could be an opening for a challenger.

— ed kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Is Kasich Preparing a Primary Challenge to Trump in 2020?," 28 July 2017
In 1996 he was sentenced to three years in a labour camp, emerging unbowed to go on writing about politics at his usual terrific rate.

— The Economist, "Obituary: Liu Xiaobo, China’s leading human-rights campaigner," 15 July 2017
Miguel Pizarro, an opposition lawmaker representing the working-class district of Petare in Caracas who was next to the boy who died, said demonstrators are unbowed.

— daniel cancel, Bloomberg.com, "Venezuela's Deepening Crisis Exposes Split in Ruling Party," 8 June 2017
But the Hornets were overmatched on The Farm, buffaloed and battered but not unbowed.

— joe davidson, sacbee.com, "Battered but unbowed, Sac State baseball a model to emulate for big teams on campus," 2 June 2017
Yet Pittsburgh beat the Ottawa Senators in double overtime in Game 7 and Nashville eliminated the Anaheim Ducks in six to reach the Cup Final battered, bruised and unbowed after overcoming a bevy of injuries.

— ap, USA TODAY, "Penguins, Predators overcame big injuries to reach Cup Final," 27 May 2017
The graduates at Wellesley, Mrs. Clinton’s alma mater, cheered her thunderously and treated her like a returning hero — if not one who had conquered, at least one who in their eyes remained unbowed.

— jess bidgood and katharine q. seelye, New York Times, "At Wellesley, Hillary Clinton Criticizes Trump and Invokes Nixon Resignation," 26 May 2017
Mondy’s story is not simply a case study of how an offender who drifts in and out of already-strained punishment and treatment systems can end up back at school, unbowed and unchanged.

— Washington Post, "Schools face vexing test: Which kids will sexually attack?," 15 May 2017

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