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How to use kowtow in a sentence

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Once a relative even asked the representative of the receiver to kowtow to the dead at the farewell ceremony.
Forced to accept, he continued to insist that the ambassadors must perform the kowtow.
Must we forever kowtow to US imperialism and be treated like the illegitimate children of the global economy?
And yet, the developed world often behaves as if those on the rest of the globe must gratefully kowtow to it.
Because of the fact that he didn't kowtow to a lot of white interests, a lot of people carry a grudge against Miles.
And the majority, in an effort to prove its multiracial credentials, must always kowtow to them in today's politically correct world.
She has been jailed because she refused to kowtow to a government demand that would make any independent reporting virtually impossible.
The final nail in its coffin was the company's absurd decision to kowtow to the tin god of its licensing agreements.
Despite many temporary suspensions, the staff of 'Karfto' had refused to kowtow, so the authorities decided to get rid of it for good.
It can assign even a thief to a high position And offer him title and honour and kowtow.
He likes to remind people that he supports abortion rights and does not kowtow to the fire-breathers in the Republican ranks.
A very persistent guy who doesn't kowtow and who doesn't like to do scutwork.
That is because independent directors tend to be selected by the CEO, so they also kowtow to high-ranking executives.
We need parties in this country that will not kowtow to everything that a right-wing Republican in the United States wants.
The Canadian farmers want us to stand up for Canadians and for Canadian farmers, and not just kowtow to George Bush.
The Conservatives basically gave away the softwood lumber industry to the United States, and we had to kowtow to the Americans on that one.
This obsessive dependence on and kowtow to what America stands, is widespread among many South Korean elites and military personnel.
What is more, a President might come along to whom one preferred not to kowtow.
Tributes were paid to Councillors Jimmy Moloney and Damian Ryan for refusing to kowtow to the Heavy Hand Brigade and for walking out of the meeting in protest.
But at the same time, they're not going to kowtow to the defense either.
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It shows what a nice disposition you have, to come to me to-day, after the way my nephew made me kowtow to you yesterday.
No matter how servile he may be at home, everyone will kowtow to him abroad.
Want nothing better than to curtsy and kowtow when I flung out a gracious order?
Li stood there behind her and made a sign to us to kowtow to her.
The government should not kowtow to the breweries and landlords.
Do the police in every area have to consult, apologise and kowtow to everyone just in case their fragile personalities or civil liberties are encroached?
Without the right to be critical of religion we are in a hopeless situation where we must kowtow to the demands of any religious extremist and any perception of offense.
Sacramento gives us our appropriations and therefore we kowtow to Sacramento, and to the Board of Regents, and to the party press, or to the press of both parties.
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