But the Princess Azai stood only a few paces distant, a little in advance of her kowtowing women and samurais.
But I gave scant thought to this triumph of diplomacy when I looked down upon the quaint coiffure and slender figure of the kowtowing girl.
Of course, we knew that this was an especial favor, and thanked her by kowtowing before we commenced to eat.
All the Chinese adopt this rule of kowtowing to their parents on their own birthdays, as a sign of reverence and respect.
My father thanked Her Majesty by kowtowing to the ground.
I thanked her by kowtowing to the ground and told her that I would be only too pleased to change into Manchu clothes, but having lived so many years abroad, and having always worn foreign clothes, I had not had any made.
Kowtowing beneath your authoritative hand, that which the prisoner only had the intention to relate does not come within the confines of his evidence.
Kai Lung impatiently, "it would be well if I spent my few remaining hours in kowtowing to the Powers whom I shall shortly meet.
He was a fat, cruel-looking man, and took no notice whatever of the kowtowing of the people.
The boatman shook with fear, and, kowtowing before Ping Wang, groaned aloud.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kowtowing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: fawning; groveling; grovelling; parasitic; prostration; sycophant; sycophantic; truckling
