Sentence examples for bow lengths from inspiring English sources

(A li equalled five hundred bow lengths — a hundred li was maybe thirty miles).

Narayan's fingering technique, his low right hand position, keeping the bow in a close to right angle to the string, and his use of the full bow length are unusual among sarangi players.

Opt for a bow length that's twice your draw length.

According to the narrative, it was "two bows' lengths" (qab qawsayn).

Then drew near and descended At a distance of two bows' lengths or nearer He revealed in his servant what he revealed (Quran 53 1-10).

God -- or Gabriel -- came as close as two bows' length (however that is understood), or nearer.

The commentaries that grow up around the verse first come to speculate on the meaning of the distance of "the bows' length".

Use an orange ribbon bow or lengths for splashes of contrasting color.

Kyudo: It's Not About the Target It can be surprising in Japanese archery to see a shooter taking aim a mere bow's length from her target.

Mr. Perkins, who dropped out of school after the third grade, taught himself the rudiments of blues guitar on a homemade instrument called a diddley bow: a length of wire stretched between nails driven into a wall.

Decide the Bow (Ribbon) length and fold in the rest.