Bowed

Examples

• Sergeant Cuff bowed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I bowed, and left Betteredge to show him to his room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Riviere bowed and drew back a step. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He spoke quietly and bowed his head a little, but there was still an uneasy feeling in his eyes as he looked at her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Worcester bowed low and hastened out of sight. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Everybody got out of the way; everybody bowed to the Emperor and his friend the Sultan; and they went by on a swinging trot and disappeared. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The girl bowed her head. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Mr. Churchwarden Soward held the plate, and bowed to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You know he had seen me close to the station; we had bowed to each other. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• A man made his appearance, and bowed submissively to Justinian. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Mr. Pickwick bowed again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He bowed very slightly without speaking, and the smile with which he greeted his lordship was scarcely perceptible. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The woman looked out and bowed to us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They all reverently bowed their heads and hearts. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She had already forgotten her exasperation against him, and she bowed and smiled good-humouredly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He bowed again, stepped back a few paces, and withdrew his conscience from our society as politely as he had introduced it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Well, call up this evening, between six and seven, and you shall have my answer, said Mr. Shelby, and the trader bowed himself out of the apartment. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He bowed rather awkwardly, and turning from her with a stranger's embarrassment, he met the doubtful light from the window. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He laid his hand on Tom's, and bowed down his forehead on it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Meg, isn't that the man who bowed to you one day when we were shopping? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• When she had finished, she looked round, and her old mistress bowed herself before her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The guests bowed deeply to the mourning parent, and withdrew from their hospitable guide. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Mr. Pickwick bowed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At one point in the service a bell would be rung and a mirror lifted up, while the whole congregation, in an access of reverence, bowed lower. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As for Tapeworm, the Charge d'Affaires, he rose up in his box and bowed and simpered, as if he would represent the whole empire. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And bowed, with gallantry. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Hugh Bardon bowed, and retired. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Everything was bowed down, dejected, oppressed, and broken. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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