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121 examples of Bowing in a sentence

The other male is pant-grunting to him, is being submissive to him and bowing for him, and that is the sort of ritual they need to go through many times a day in order to have a stable relationship.
And then after Timor, 9/11 has happened, he's named U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, and he has to balance liberty and security and figure out, what do you do when the most powerful country in the United Nations is bowing out of the Geneva Conventions, bowing out of international law?
He created an experiment using a metal plate, covering it with sand and then bowing it to create the Chladni patterns that you see here on the right.
They do their bowing and start circling each other, both masked by the way.
In 'Frenzy' the great master seems to be bowing to convention, trying to go with the times and give audiences what he thinks they want- in the form of unappealing nudity, nudge-nudge winks, and general nastiness.
Sure, you can do it artfully without bowing to the commercial elements designed for mass appeal.
I think he was always bowing to her every need and now he's finally taking a stand.
Physical contact is frowned upon for those over 7 (especially in public) hence all that bowing instead of hugging even when you are close friends/ relatives.
And instead of giving in to the melodrama of confrontation, etc. it lets the mix of guilt and understanding linger while still bowing to and honoring to a desire for life and intimate human contact.
I had to stop myself from bowing down in front of the TV screen in praise and I'm sure that millions of people who have watched this on late night television are eternally grateful for being told that racism is a terrible thing .
And, by bowing to the UK’s pressure, the Fund undermined its only real asset – its independence.
Instead of bowing to polarization and paralysis, policymakers should be promoting growth- and productivity-enhancing infrastructure investments, funded at exceptionally low interest rates, scaling up labor-market reforms, and working to address the growing income and wealth inequality that is increasingly limiting access to economic opportunity.
But instead of bowing to popular pressure, the political and economic elites have, in many cases, preferred to crack down on the protests themselves.
Rather than bowing to the military junta, he embraced the gallows.
Ben Carson – the retired neurosurgeon who endorsed Trump after bowing out of the Republican primary – is no fan of social programs or fair-housing initiatives.
ISIL probably knows that Japan has historically placed the safety of its own citizens above all other considerations – even if it meant bowing to terrorists’ demands.
The Fund, bowing to opposition from the US, declined the request.
The Bank of Japan is the most recent example of a major central bank bowing to its government’s wishes, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bluntly declared should be accommodated.
Heading into its annual meetings in a few weeks (followed by the G-20 summit in Seoul in November), the IMF is bowing to pressure to drop ever-larger sums into the EU with ever-fewer conditions.
By presenting the settlements' evacuation as a unilateral step, Sharon allows Palestinian militants to present it as Israel bowing to the "reality" of defeat inflicted by their armed struggle.
Having enjoyed a few days of Bush-bashing, India got on with the job of bowing to pre-election political pressures.
Mainstream politicians, bowing to pressure from fear-mongering populists, are calling for tighter restrictions, and some countries are openly flouting their legal obligation and moral responsibility to provide protection to refugees fleeing conflict.
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) seems to be bowing to that pressure.
But the US media have not been bowing to Trump.
The Ghost of BiafraWhen Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo made his surprise announcement on 13 January to begin a nationwide dialogue to discuss constitutional reform, he was bowing to the inevitable.
By giving key regional actors alternatives to bowing to US pressure on issues like nuclear non-proliferation and the fight against terrorism, Russia’s recent maneuvers have complicated American diplomatic efforts considerably.
After Schmidt’s government fell in 1982 over massive popular opposition to the stationing of US medium-range nuclear missiles, Kohl stood firm, recognizing that bowing to public pressure and reneging on Germany’s commitment would be a blow both to the respect and trust of the US and his credibility in Moscow.
Bowing to this reality, the coalition partners have now dropped the idea of abandoning the euro, expunging the possibility from their “contract” and respective websites.
But the regime’s disdain was especially obvious earlier this year, when its leading figures publicly endorsed Bouteflika’s candidacy by bowing down to his picture, because the man himself could neither appear on stage nor speak.
Today’s new European order has the Russians up, the Germans on the way down, the Americans potentially bowing out, Britons struggling toward Brexit – and France rising.
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