How to Use bow out in a Sentence

bow out

verb

• And, in perhaps a shock to even the band itself, Platt bowed out in 2022.
  — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
• Is Chris Pratt ready to gracefully bow out of the Chris Wars?
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 June 2022
• On the opening night of the playoffs, the 10th-seeded Pirates bowed out.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• Scholz made clear that the rival Union bloc should bow out of government.
  — Geir Moulson, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2021
• The Blazers reached the 2019 Western Conference finals and now will bow out in the first round.
  — oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2020
• But, already, two directors set to come to Berlin have bowed out.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024
• Bryant puts up some epic personal seasons but the Lakers bow out in the first round twice.
  — Patrick Murray, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
• The blast had bowed out the walls and shifted mechanical print units that weighed thousands of pounds.
  — The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
• But when Cruise decided to bow out of this year’s event, most of those gags ended up on the cutting room floor.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
• Her battle with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer forced her to bow out of the project, but some of her music will live on.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2022
• While Martin said he’s seen plenty of people bow out of skydiving at the last minute and land with the plane, that wasn’t the case with Burg.
  — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2023
• That's down from down 19 last year because Illinois and Virginia bowed out.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
• By June, Musk began trying to bow out of the purchase, and Twitter sued him in July to enforce the deal.
  — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2022
• Rather than bow out, the Angels kept him close while making a number of deadline moves in hopes of adding depth to their top-heavy club.
  — Scott Miller, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Buyers are bowing out because there are so few homes on the market.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
• She was partnered with Tony Dovolani, and made it to sixth place before bowing out.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
• Williams, 40, was forced to bow out in tears from last year’s Wimbledon after an injury.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 27 June 2022
• After bowing out from the show, Megan took a break and then pursued designing for her line full-time.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 30 Aug. 2023
• When Warren bowed out, Jeffries went with Biden and hasn’t regretted it.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• She was joined on several weekends by Gray, who helped paint walls until he was asked to bow out during the final phase of the work.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022
• Tejeda stepped in to reprise his role as Adam/Leo after cast member Nic Ashe had to bow out due to an undisclosed injury.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2022
• Upon getting too far over his skis and having lost five net House seats in 1998’s elections, Gingrich bowed out of the role and went home early the next year.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Oct. 2023
• Travis allegedly had to bow out of the running after Taylor Swift was caught stealing signs.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2023
• Long lasting, but also knowing when to bow out of a party, eau de toilette (EDT) stands in the middle ground of longevity.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• Mozart Festival Orchestra drive-in concerts has to bow out at the last moment?
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2020
• At least two candidates who initially had been set to run in the primary have bowed out because they are banned.
  — Deisy Buitrago, Vivian Sequera, and Matt Spetalnick, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
• That huge cast includes three children, as well as understudies in any case anyone has to bow out.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2022
• And his former boss’s endorsement could help clear out the crowded field as some of the team players bow out due to party loyalty.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
• Goldblum is stepping into Kaos as a replacement for Hugh Grant, who had to bow out of the Zeus role due to availability.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 July 2022
• The brewery isn't the only company to swallow big losses from bowing out of the Russian market.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024