Examples of bow out in a Sentence
quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition
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Maria Grazia Chiuri, the first woman to lead Christian Dior, is bowing out.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 May 2025
Two highly seeded Americans who made career-best runs at the U.S. Open last September bowed out quickly in Paris: No. 4 Taylor Fritz, the runner-up to Sinner in New York, and No. 9 Emma Navarro, a semifinalist at Flushing Meadows.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
California Steve Soboroff bows out as L.A. fire recovery czar, with some parting shots
April 11, 2025
By contrast, L.A. County had a dedicated recovery operation that consultants could plug into — and the muscle memory from recent disasters like the Woolsey fire.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
After sharing news of his cancer diagnosis, Colyer bowed out of the 2022 race and endorsed Derek Schmidt, who also lost to Kelly.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2025
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 May 2025
Two highly seeded Americans who made career-best runs at the U.S. Open last September bowed out quickly in Paris: No. 4 Taylor Fritz, the runner-up to Sinner in New York, and No. 9 Emma Navarro, a semifinalist at Flushing Meadows.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
California Steve Soboroff bows out as L.A. fire recovery czar, with some parting shots
April 11, 2025
By contrast, L.A. County had a dedicated recovery operation that consultants could plug into — and the muscle memory from recent disasters like the Woolsey fire.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
After sharing news of his cancer diagnosis, Colyer bowed out of the 2022 race and endorsed Derek Schmidt, who also lost to Kelly.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2025
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“Bow out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bow%20out. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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