Bowing Sentence Examples

bowing
  • Charles knelt before him, bowing his head.

    33
    11
  • He shook his head in defeat and opened the door for her, bowing deeply.

    34
    13
  • Another important result of the investigation was that the phase of vibration of the fork was not altered by bowing it, the amplitude alone changing.

    4
    3
  • Gladstone, bowing at once to the verdict of the people, resigned office, and Lord Salisbury returned to power.

    1
    2
  • He died on the 22nd of December 1419, and all visitors to the Baptistery at Florence may admire, under its high baldacchino, the sombre figure sculptured by Donatello of the dethroned pontiff, who had at least the merit of bowing his head under his chastisement, and of contributing by his passive resignation to the extinction of the series of popes which sprang from the council of Pisa.

    2
    2
  • But nobody thinks to ask the obvious questions; they are too busy bowing and scraping and brown-nosing.

    1
    2
  • Over exaggeration is the key here to help the violin bowing fingers and wrist to loosen up.

    1
    1
  • When entering a Japanese home or restaurant it is customary to remove shoes, and bowing is the customary greeting.

    1
    1
  • Her smile became wider and bowing thanks very effusive!

    1
    2
  • You see them bowing and falling down prostrate (in prayer ), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure.

    1
    2
    Advertisement
  • The giant monkey walked away with big teardrops in its eyes, bowing low many times in apology, never to be seen again.

    1
    2
  • All this we can now perceive to have no relation to history, but at the time it may have made the subjugation of the Roman less bitter to feel that he was not after all bowing down before a race of barbarian upstarts, but that his Amal sovereign was as firmly rooted in classical antiquity as any Julius or Claudius who ever wore the purple.

    0
    1
  • His Majesty will probably desire to see you, he added, bowing his head.

    2
    2
  • He walked in rapidly, bowing to right and left as if anxious to get the first moments of the reception over.

    1
    2
  • Berg and Vera could not repress their smiles of satisfaction at the sight of all this movement in their drawing room, at the sound of the disconnected talk, the rustling of dresses, and the bowing and scraping.

    2
    3
    Advertisement
  • Everybody in the stalls, boxes, and galleries began clapping and shouting with all their might, and the man stopped and began smiling and bowing to all sides.

    1
    2
  • After some minutes, the gentleman-in-waiting who was on duty came into the great reception room and, bowing politely, asked Balashev to follow him.

    1
    2
  • And bowing respectfully, as if to a lady of royal blood, he moved toward the door.

    4
    5
  • The knight showedreverenceto the king by bowing before him.

    0
    1
  • The knight showed reverence to the king by bowing before him.

    1
    2
    Advertisement
  • This means the risk of your flooring buckling or bowing due to changes in heat and humidity are far less.

    0
    1
  • This allows the material to expand and contract without bowing or cracking.

    0
    1
  • This will result in problems with the way the planks fit together, along with possibly bowing or humping of the planks.

    0
    1
  • Using ultrasound, a doctor can examine the fetus's skeleton for bowing of the leg or arm bones, fractures, shortening, or other bone abnormalities that may indicate OI.

    1
    1
  • When OI occurs as a new dominant mutation and is found inadvertently on ultrasound, it may be difficult to confirm the diagnosis until after delivery since other genetic conditions can cause bowing and/or fractures prenatally.

    0
    1
    Advertisement
  • This surgery is performed when bowing or repeated fractures of these bones has interfered with a child's ability to walk.

    0
    1
  • Instructors commonly say this at the beginning or end of session while slightly bowing the head and shoulders with the palms together in front of the heart, and members of the class may say it in return if they wish.

    0
    1
  • Keep your abs and hips engaged throughout the exercise to help prevent your back from bowing, which can lead to injury.

    0
    1
  • He underwent surgery to correct the bowing.

    0
    1
  • Bowing to Quinn's and Martha's suggestions, the sunny morning was spent huddled together in a 1964 fourteen foot Starcraft, spinning around the lake.

    1
    3
  • Urged by a peremptory message from Napoleon, Cavour saw the necessity of bowing to the will of Europe, of disbanding the volunteers and reducing the army to a peace footing.

    1
    3
  • Again the emperor had to admit that his troops could do no more, and bowing to necessity, he distributed them into winter quarters, where, however, the enterprise of the Cossacks, who were no strangers to snow and to forests, left the outposts but little repose.

    1
    3
  • Clement exhibits the absurdity and immorality of the stories told with regard to the pagan deities, the cruelties perpetrated in their worship, and the utter uselessness of bowing down before images made by hands.

    1
    3
  • The earlier doctors who avail themselves of Aristotle's works, while bowing to his authority implicitly in matters of logic, are generally found defending a Christianized Platonism against the doctrine of the Metaphysics.

    1
    3
  • The continued attacks upon the Presbyterians led him to publish his Short, Sober, Pacific Examination of Exuberances in the Common Prayer, as well as the Apology for Tender Consciences touching Not Bowing at the Name of Jesus.

    3
    5
  • Each of the first few harmonics may be easily obtained by touching the string at the first node of the harmonic required, and bowing at the first loop, and the presence of the nodes and loops may be verified by putting light paper riders of shape A on the string at the nodes and loops.

    1
    3
  • Thus the Greek and Roman emperors were adored by bowing or kneeling, laying hold of the imperial robe, and presently withdrawing the hand and pressing it to the lips, or by putting the royal robe itself to the lips.

    1
    3
  • He glanced at the woman before bowing his head and added pleadingly, "I apologize for what I am about to do."

    0
    2
  • Inside the loft walls are visible today the metal bands installed to prevent further bowing.

    0
    2
  • Typically they use single bowing on jigs with occassional double and triple slurred sections.

    0
    2
  • I also have a bowing in the left arm where the radius is shorter than the ulna bone.

    0
    2
  • In America single stroke bowing - whatever the time signature - is actually called " jig bow " which is probably significant.

    0
    2
  • Early recognition is important for effective treatment, particularly for long bone bowing which is treated by bracing.

    0
    2
  • In contrast to the Windsor's who expect and demand seemingly endless bowing and scraping.

    0
    2
  • Blair's immediate concession of a judicial inquiry was bowing to the inevitable.

    0
    2
  • In another dream he saw the sun and the moon and eleven stars all bowing down and bringing obeisance to Joseph.

    0
    2
  • The members of his suite, guessing at once what he wanted, moved about and whispered as they passed something from one to another, and a page--the same one Rostov had seen the previous evening at Boris'--ran forward and, bowing respectfully over the outstretched hand and not keeping it waiting a moment, laid in it an Order on a red ribbon.

    1
    3
  • Who else is there? he shouted, bowing to Prince Andrew.

    2
    4
  • And suddenly I saw him lying like a dead body; then he gradually recovered and went with me into my study carrying a large book of sheets of drawing paper; I said, "I drew that," and he answered by bowing his head.

    1
    3
  • They sang together and everyone in the theater began clapping and shouting, while the man and woman on the stage--who represented lovers-- began smiling, spreading out their arms, and bowing.

    0
    2