Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not bowed; unbent.
- adjective Not subdued; unyielding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not bowed or arched; not bent.
- Hence Not subjugated; unsubdued; not put under the yoke.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
bowed ;erect orupright . - adjective Not
subdued ordeterred .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not forced to bow down to a conqueror
- adjective erect in posture
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Examples
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Finally, at the urging of her lawyer, she struck a plea bargain for a shorter sentence, and ended up being "unbowed" by her experience.
Extrajudicial Assassinations As Official Israeli Policy 2008
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Finally, at the urging of her lawyer, she struck a plea bargain for a shorter sentence, and ended up being "unbowed" by her experience.
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Finally, at the urging of her lawyer, she struck a plea bargain for a shorter sentence, and ended up being "unbowed" by her experience.
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Finally, at the urging of her lawyer, she struck a plea bargain for a shorter sentence, and ended up being "unbowed" by her experience.
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Finally, at the urging of her lawyer, she struck a plea bargain for a shorter sentence, and ended up being "unbowed" by her experience.
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The rallies also spread to new areas of the capital, suggesting opposition to the 40-year Assad dynasty remains unbowed despite one of the most violent crackdowns of the Arab Spring.
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Hurting but not yet slain; bleeding, baffled but not unbowed; they were at 51-37, with the third best record in baseball.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Hurting but not yet slain; bleeding, baffled but not unbowed; they were at 51-37, with the third best record in baseball.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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To be sure, some small-business owners are unbowed.
Some Small Business Owners Put Plans on Hold Sarah E. Needleman 2011
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The documents do not reveal how – or whether – federal officials explicitly weighed the competing goals of ensuring New Yorkers' safety and projecting an image of a city and nation unbowed.
New documents detail how officials downplayed Ground Zero health risks 2011
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