How to Use bow out in a Sentence

bow out

verb

• Nadal's been hamstrung by injuries in recent years, forcing him to bow out of some competitions.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
• The president, 81, isn’t on the ballot after bowing out of the race this summer due to pressure from his party.
  — Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Oct. 2024
• After responding to several critics, Sharpe decided to take the high road and bow out of the digital spat.
  — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 26 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Biden stayed in the race three more weeks, then bowed out as party support collapsed.
  — Mike Allen, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
• 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
• President Joe Biden is facing calls from his own party to bow out of the race.
  — Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2024
• This isn't the first time Pineda has offered to bow out as lead vocalist.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
• 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
• There are virtually no details as to why the Oscar winner bowed out at the last minute.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Before Biden bowed out of the race, voter enthusiasm was a concern for both parties but more so for the Democrats.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
• Mexico is starting over — again — after hiring its fourth coach since bowing out of the last World Cup in the group stage for the first time in more than four decades.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024