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It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act. — Edward Kennedy

This new Ariella, quiet and sad, bowed under the weight of terrible knowledge and countless secrets, — Julie Kagawa

I didn't know how lonely I was," he said as we bowed, "until I had you on my side. — Jessica Cluess

[Magnus] reminded himself of his manners, and bowed. "Charmed," he said. "Or whatever effect would please you best, I'm sure. — Cassandra Clare

I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

They sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped. — Anonymous

He stood straight then, moving to stand directly in front of me as he dropped low and bowed dramatically. Your Majesty. — Kimberly Derting

He bowed over her hand and kissed the knuckles. He'd never despised a glove more in his life. — Kristi Ann Hunter

My uncle Bob sees the whole world in a fun-house mirror, TRUST NO ONE lipsticked luridly across its bowed face. — Karen Joy Fowler

Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it. — Bryce Courtenay

His dark head bowed, became lost in its own shadow. — Marie Rutkoski

At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match. — Michel Patini

A queen- a queen who bowed to no one, a queen who had faced them all down and never apologized for it. — Sarah J. Maas

Hearthstone bowed his head in gratitude. He stepped away from the dais, cradling his new pouch o' power like it was a swaddled baby. — Rick Riordan

Gray's soul had turned to this white girl and bowed in worship before her. To a large extent the lad was his — Oscar Wilde

I curtsied. 'Thank you, Mr. Stansbury. And I apologize for my lack of grace.'
He bowed. 'Never apologize for being courageous, Miss Withersby. — Siri Mitchell

Drizzt halted before the throne and bowed low. The sight of Regis standing beside the wizard disturbed him more than a little, — R.A. Salvatore

herself, she stood outside Mark's door, head bowed, contemplating — Cheryl Taylor

I closed my eyes, bowed my head and thought, AH, HELL ... — P.C. Cast

My stage projection's a puppet; I could moon the crowd and the projectors would compensate and make it look like I'd bowed. — Karl Schroeder

While Obama merely bowed clumsily in the direction of Idiot America, John McCain set up housekeeping there. — Charles P. Pierce

The others took a step in, bowed their heads to listen. Holy Communion of scuttlebutt. — Lauren Groff

And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept. — Claude McKay

Animals, People and Trees Will All Bow
By My Very Appearance.
I Bowed When I Was Born.
P.C.M. Hermans — Petra Hermans

This is what comes of making up conversations with frescoes, he chided himself as he dropped to his knees and bowed his head. Nothing but trouble. — Suzanne Harper

She said, 'It's real, isn't it?'
Lilian answered after a pause, with a bowed head, in a murmur. 'Yes, it's real. It's the only real thing. — Sarah Waters

The lotos bowed above the tide and dreamed. — Margaret Junkin Preston

The bowed frame of an old man is the settlement in the architecture of life. Nature had formed him for sadness. — Victor Hugo

Serge bowed his own head and closed his eyes God, please protect us from your followers. Amen — Tim Dorsey

This last month I have felt the burden of a city. Its great sorrow has pressed in on my soul. Its vice and sin have bowed me upon my knees in tears. — Oswald J. Smith

[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light. — Christine De Pizan

The Mexicans bowed down when we talked about removing their foreign aid, and then they began cooperating with our country. — Joe Arpaio

She shuffled with her head bowed, her dark eyes drifting to avoid contact, and she screamed in bed at night. (Dark City Lights) — Jim Fusilli

Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don't see God, I'll bow down before something else. — Ann Voskamp

Her smile was as fresh as a half-opened lotus. Siddhartha bowed and looked into her eyes, saying in a quiet voice, Thank you, princess. — Thich Nhat Hanh

If we fail to see that there are powers that cause people to be bowed down in bondage, we are fighting the wrong battle. — T. B. Joshua

And her slender white neck was bowed over her book, the fair hair falling on either side of it — L.J.Smith

Entertaining the mind with trivial pretties when I haven't bowed the head and heart in a prayer longer than five minutes in a week. — Ann Voskamp

Moreo said. He bowed and took his leave of them. — George R R Martin

The adept is only adept, because such an instrument she crafted and bowed her soul to be. — Bryant McGill

When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did it. — Shunryu Suzuki

To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking. — Alcaeus

Yesterday Jerry Springer bowed out of the Ohio Senate race. He said, 'If I can't run the most embarrassing campaign in America, then I'm out of here.' — Craig Kilborn

Until the coming of another day of fear, they walked in silence with bowed heads. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Beside him, another guard recognized me, and one by one they bowed, deeply and reverently. — Kiera Cass

He bowed. 'The young lady must not dance alone. — Gail Carson Levine

PSA145.14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. — Anonymous

I've bowed to you for too long, and if I continue to do it, we will all suffer. — Rachel Caine

Branches of spiraea bowed under sleeves of blossom, and delphinium shoots nudged the soil. With the — Rachel Joyce

Bowed down by greif,
I had resolved
To be moved no more-
But tears, it seems,
Are not like minds. — Joseph K. Yamagiwa

If you hunch your shoulders too long against a storm your shoulders will grow bowed. ... — Ford Madox Ford

When adversity entered his room, he bowed to his old acquaintance cordially; he tickled catastrophe in the ribs. — Victor Hugo

The dog-faced, small-cocked, hypocrite bastard son of a weasel and a whore bowed and escorted his wife from the house. — James S.A. Corey

Again, Pyotr knew a pang. He saw her heavy with child, bowed over an oven, sitting before a loom, the grace gone... — Katherine Arden

Who's that with you?' Stephen asked.
'Death,' I said.
Edward bowed.
'Trust you to bring death to the ball, ma petite. — Laurell K. Hamilton

It (the Bible) has never bowed its head before the discoveries of science. — Billy Graham

Oh, I'm bowed, but unbroken. — Julie Anne Long

Erith, he said and bowed his head.
Her blue-black hair hung to her hips in soft waves. — Donna Grant

I've never bowed to anyone, but will gladly live the rest of my life on my knees before you, if you'll be mine. — Joya Ryan

What are you staring at, sailor?'
His ice eyes did not flicker. 'My captain, ma'am.'
'Get back to work, Seton.'
He bowed. — Katharine Ashe

Alexey Alexandrovitch bowed his head in assent. — Leo Tolstoy

They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down. — Zora Neale Hurston

The heart bowed down by weight of woe
To weakest hope will cling. — Alfred Bunn

I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trails are often blessings in disguise. — Oscar Wilde

So she bowed her head and devoted herself to Beartown's real traditional sports: shame and silence. — Fredrik Backman

The fibres of our secular hearts are bent and bowed beneath the unaccustomed tempest. — Virginia Woolf

Yes," Ser Rodrik agreed. "I haven't wanted to die for almost two days now." He bowed to Catelyn. "My lady. — George R R Martin

His mouth was small, but bowed. Like a doll's. She wondered if he had trouble opening it wide enough to eat apples. — Rainbow Rowell

Denial is a seductive ruse of our own making, force-fitting our agendas by forcing out truth all because we bent to fear rather than bowed to God. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

He slipped his hand under hers and bowed his head over it. His breath touched her skin and sent a tingling sensation up her arm. — Melanie Dickerson

Having bowed to the inevitability of the dictum that we must eat to live, we should ignore it and live to eat ... — Mary Francis Kennedy Fisher