Simple past tense and past participle of bow.(verb)
Having a bow, e.g. a bowed instrument is played with a bow(adjective)
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Use "bowed" in a sentence
"Down the line galloped Mr. Grundy again, stopped, bowed, "swung with the left," and _bowed again_."
"WASHINGTON (AP) - Instead of celebrating another home victory, Alex Ovechkin bowed his head and sat silently on a table outside the Tampa Bay Lightning dressing room."
"It won't be lost on Pennsylvanians that he kept to his schedule and McCain bowed out. kathy"