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bowed down

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Adj.1.bowed down - heavily burdened with work or cares; "bowed down with troubles"; "found himself loaded down with responsibilities"; "overburdened social workers"; "weighed down with cares"
loaded down, overburdened, weighed down
burdened - bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work"


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Then the beasts bowed down to the Lion as their King, and he promised to come back and rule over them as soon as Dorothy was safely on her way to Kansas.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
She thanked her father warmly for yielding to her wishes, and, seeing him still bowed down with grief, told him that she hoped he would never repent having allowed her to marry the Sultan.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
Earlier in life, Hester had vainly imagined that she herself might be the destined prophetess, but had long since recognised the impossibility that any mission of divine and mysterious truth should be confided to a woman stained with sin, bowed down with shame, or even burdened with a life-long sorrow.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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