bowed

Short in stature, his head often bowed, he cut a subdued figure.

"They all thought they were involved in a normal discourse, and they don't understand why the foreperson bowed out."

ABC quickly bowed to the Trump administration's wishes, saying Moran violated the network's standards and has been suspended.

HHS bowed toward the latter issue by asserting in the report that the health profile of American children poses “a threat to our nation’s health, economy, and military readiness.”

“Survivor” bowed for the first time before 9/11 and established itself as a Darwinian experiment with the motto “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.”