Examples of unbowed in a Sentence
He was unbowed by failure.
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Jackie Byers, who helped lead the Black Organizing Project in its bid to abolish the Oakland Unified School District’s police department in the wake of the 2020 protests, is unbowed by the slowing political momentum for police reform.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Their stories outraged me and are a testament to the unbowed courage and resilience of our country’s original inhabitants.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Long may the maple leaf fly above a sovereign and unbowed north.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
If the intention is to end the war, then the war will end with Hamas bloodied but unbowed.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Their stories outraged me and are a testament to the unbowed courage and resilience of our country’s original inhabitants.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Long may the maple leaf fly above a sovereign and unbowed north.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
If the intention is to end the war, then the war will end with Hamas bloodied but unbowed.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Unbowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbowed. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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unbowed
adjective
un·bowed
ˌən-ˈbau̇d 
ˈən-
1
: not bowed down
unbowed heads
2
: not conquered
unbowed by failure
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