Bowed in sentence

315 examples of Bowed in a sentence

Justin was standing up with bowed head, and the chemist was screaming—"Who told you to go and fetch it in the Capharnaum."

She bowed her head.

Bournisien had again begun to pray, his face bowed against the edge of the bed, his long black cassock trailing behind him in the room.

Charles bowed his head in sign of approbation.

He bowed before the tabernacle, raising his hands, stretched out his arms.

Julien, whose judgment was not disturbed by any passion, soon found a way of letting Madame de Renal see how little he regarded himself as being on terms of friendship with her; he said nothing to her of the little expedition on which he was starting, bowed to her, and set off.

He bowed most respectfully, and left the room without looking round.

Mademoiselle de La Mole appeared behind her closed window; he half showed her his letter; she bowed her head.

How savagely he bowed to me afterwards, when he could no longer avoid it!'

He bowed respectfully and left her.

Julien bowed, and withdrew without uttering a word, leaving the Marquis greatly astonished; he was incapable of speech, and shut himself up in his room.

'You must,' she said to Julien that evening in the driest of tones, 'bring me some envelopes with your address written on them.''So now I am to combine the lover and the flunkey,' thought Julien, and bowed, amusing himself by screwing up his face like Arsene, the Marquis's old footman.

Madame de Renal bowed her head which for a moment was almost entirely concealed by the folds of her shawl.

She bowed herself over Julien, who was kneeling at her feet, and for a long time they wept in silence.

"Good morning," said K. after a while, extending his hand to the gentlemen as they bowed correctly to him.

She gave him a tired nod, offered him her hand to kiss as she turned away as if she did not know what she was doing, and went back into her room with her head bowed.

None of them stood properly upright, their backs were bowed, their knees bent, they stood like beggars on the street.

It seemed to him that all his strength returned to him at once, and to get a foretaste of freedom he stepped straight on to one of the stairs and took his leave there of his companions, who bowed to him.

He bowed slightly, intending it also for K., and then went over to Miss Montag and deferentially kissed her hand.

He already thought at the time he could see how his uncle would arrive, slightly bowed, his battered panama hat in his left hand, his right hand already stretched out over the desk long before he was close enough as he rushed carelessly towards K. knocking over everything that was in his way.

Then he began to walk up and down the room, stopped now and then at the window, or stood in front of a picture always making various exclamations such as, "That is totally incomprehensible to me!" or "Now just tell me, what are you supposed to make of that?!"The young man pretended to notice nothing of this and listened to K.'s instructions through to the end, he made a few notes, bowed to both K. and his uncle and then left the room.

Then he shut the door, bowed once more to K., offered him his hand and introduced himself, saying, "Titorelli, painter".

Block had already crept some way into the room but this question seemed to give him first a shove in the breast and then another in the back, he seemed about to fall but remained standing, deeply bowed, and said, "At your service, sir.""What do you want?" asked the lawyer, "you've come at a bad time."

Nonetheless, Gregor's father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table.

Once there, all three took their hats from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a word and left the premises.

Mr. Harper bowed in silence to the compliment, and he soon resumed the meditations from which he had been interrupted, and for which the long ride he had that day made, in the wind, might seem a very natural apology.

Without making any further explanation, the youth bowed politely to the young women, distantly and with hauteur to the gentleman, and withdrew.

The indulgent benevolence expressed in the countenance of the stranger, as he bowed a silent acquiescence, spoke more eloquently than the nicest framed period, and the young lady repeated her order, with a confidence in its truth that removed all embarrassment.

He bowed to the whole party, and without taking any notice of the peddler, other than by simply thanking him for his attentions, mounted his horse, and, riding steadily and gracefully through the little gate, was soon lost behind the hill which sheltered the valley to the northward.

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