bowing
/ˈboʊɪŋ/ sustantivo B2En español: prosternación, inclinación
- The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting. · The courtier had practiced his bowing.
- A bending. · The heavy books caused a bowing in the shelf.
- A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.
Plural bowings
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Bowing under the weight of twenty-four years’ reminiscences, he thought not of Albert, of Beauchamp, of Château-Renaud, or of any of that group; but he thought of that courageous woman who had come to plead for her son’s life, to whom he had offered his, and who had now saved it by the revelation of a dreadful family secret, capable of destroying forever in that young man’s heart every feeling of filial piety.
“This is the second time you have called us,” said the Monkey King, bowing before the little girl.
“What are your commands?” inquired the King of the Monkeys, bowing low.
“But——” said Villefort, and then suddenly checking himself, he was silent; then he continued, “Your pardon, sire,” he said, bowing, “my zeal carried me away.
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