Sentence examples for kowtowed from inspiring English sources

Nobody suffered more from the rise of Mr Dean than the patrician senator from Massachusetts, who seemed to epitomise the Democratic establishment that had supposedly kowtowed to Mr Bush.

Ceremonies centred on the groom's kin: couples kowtowed to the man's parents but the woman's relatives were absent.

But he seems no more willing to turn the screws on his errant northern neighbour, Robert Mugabe.Regional leaders meeting on November 9th all but kowtowed to Mr Mugabe over the terms of September's power-sharing deal with the opposition.

So far, no sitting president who has avoided a primary challenge has lost.Meanwhile, the Democratic contest has been dominated by the rank-and-file's loathing for Mr Bush and its contempt for the way the Democratic leadership in Washington has kowtowed to the president.

Marlene's lip curls superciliously at passé role models who kowtowed to patriarchal bullying, but isn't that Seventies feminism already going askew?

We have invited this regime in with open arms and, based on the conduct I have seen this week, I am convinced we will live to regret it Carole Beavis, protestor The arrests come amid accusations the British government and Scotland Yard have kowtowed to Chinese demands for firm action over protesters.

He said WPP's media buying arm Group M has so much UK market power that it is "very difficult" to resist being forced to kowtow to demands linked to other areas of Sorrell's empire.

I am not arguing about whether he had the right policies, strategies or charisma, but he was the elected leader of the party who faced incredible onslaughts and caricature in the media following his refusal to kowtow to media moguls.

Rather than chasing growth at any cost, his government has imposed regulations on shadow banking, persevered with curbs on property speculation, and clamped down on government extravagance, such as the schmoozing and boozing, kowtowing and Maotai-ing that accompanies so much official business.As China's economy matures, its pace will slow.

The British government is proposing to ask Parliament to ban the procedure, and a cynical interpretation of this non-decision might be that a supposedly independent authority is kowtowing to government whim (see article).

To extradite Mr Lugovoi or try him at home would be kowtowing to the West (and betraying a KGB ex-colleague); by doing nothing, he may seem to be protecting a murder suspect.The Russian leader may feel he has little to lose by antagonising the West.