How to Use take a bow in a Sentence

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• Waters is ready for the next part of his life, and his parents can take a bow.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• In Tania’s case, though, her husband will not be there to take a bow and shed a tear.
  — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
• Complete the stack and take a bow, but be careful not to topple the tower.
  — Marylou Tousignant, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
• At the end of the show, the design team came out en masse in matching green sweatshirts to take a bow.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
• The helm, now as stylish and advanced as the rest of the vessel, can rightfully take a bow.
  — Gemma Harris, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2022
• On a night when many Jayhawks could take a bow, Daniels’ effort stood out.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025
• At the end of the song, Swift thanked the crowd and watched her fellow-performers take a bow.
  — Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
• No doubt the operatives behind the strike deserve to take a bow.
  — Simon Shuster, Time, 3 June 2025
• The Big Ten will take a bow, but the conference has been battered for a month.
  — Ralph D. Russo, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2020
• The Missoni women take a bow at the end of the fall 2017 show.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
• This small city set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains is a great hub from which to see southern leaves take a bow.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 Aug. 2022
• Home cooks, take a bow—the curtain has closed on another Thanksgiving dinner.
  — Donna Kim, Bon Appétit, 29 Nov. 2024
• In addition to watching the film, the attending celebrities were required to line up onstage and take a bow, one by one.
  — Michelle Morgan, Town & Country, 3 May 2022
• At the end, take a bow, and hold the piccolo with the index finger of your hidden hand, which should be poking out the front of your pants zipper.
  — Chris Stanton, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
• The play-calling is a reason Garoppolo took just two hits against a ferocious front, but the offensive line should take a bow.
  — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Sep. 2021
• The Grizzlies called a timeout, allowing Russell to take a bow, his hands motioning to the crowd.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• All that remained was for USC to take the victory formation, and then for Moss to take a bow.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
• On Thursday, Mark Thomas will take a bow for the first time as Carven’s design director.
  — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
• Scherzinger, in waist-enhancing blue gown, eked every ounce of drama from the song, prompting Lang Lang to rush over and take a bow with her at the end of the catwalk.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
• Seizing the opportunity, Midge hijacked the showcase, killed with her standup routine and, after the aforementioned invite to take a bow next to the host, was promptly fired.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 26 May 2023
• The musicians pounded their feet on the Davies Symphony Hall stage, resisting Salonen’s urgings to stand and take a bow.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
• Inflation is showing signs of normalizing, but Paul Krugman and Team Transitory should not take a bow.
  — Patrick Horan, National Review, 26 Jan. 2023
• Due to Sabato De Sarno’s exit as creative director in February this year, the studio team designed the show and collectively came out to take a bow at the end of it.
  — Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
• Visual effects make the impossible possible and thrill audiences, but the artists who toil over delicate and groundbreaking work don’t always get to take a bow—or in some cases, even acknowledge the existence of their work.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
• Animation continues to the be hero of the summer office thanks to Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2, but others should take a bow as well.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2024
• Trojans athletic director Mike Bohn should take a bow for sobering up the Oklahoma football fanbase and making that Sooners’ job look like a mid-major stepping stone.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2021
• As usual, our picks of likely highlights do not include shows that area already sold out — so take a bow, Laufey, Doechii, Jackson Browne, Sigur Ros, Jason Mraz, Benson Boone, Conan Gray, Reverend Horton Heat and The Teskey Brothers, AFI, Stereolab, Zakk Sabbath, Mirador, and a dozen or so more.
  — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025