Examples of unbowed in a Sentence
He was unbowed by failure.
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Bloodied but unbowed, Arch Manning leads the Longhorns to a go-ahead touchdown.
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Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
Princess Anne, seemingly unbowed by her recent unseating as Britain's hardest-working royal, walked alongside husband Sir Timothy Laurence.
—Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
Bosch refused to be silenced and walked out unbowed, joined by others, including last year’s winner, Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
On the subject of the brutal ICE raids in Los Angeles, Chicago and other major cities that have shocked the nation, including some prominent Trump supporters, the president was unbowed.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
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Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
Princess Anne, seemingly unbowed by her recent unseating as Britain's hardest-working royal, walked alongside husband Sir Timothy Laurence.
—Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
Bosch refused to be silenced and walked out unbowed, joined by others, including last year’s winner, Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
On the subject of the brutal ICE raids in Los Angeles, Chicago and other major cities that have shocked the nation, including some prominent Trump supporters, the president was unbowed.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Unbowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbowed. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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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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