During his obeisance to the queen, he heard his pants rip and could not help but wish for a distracting herd of buffalo to stampede into the great hall. From LearnThat.org.
Noun : The nobles gave obeisance to the new king. From Dictionary.com.
March 26th, 2010 at 1: 59 pm tombaker says: obeisance is freedom!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bartlett: Frum’s Dismissal Shows ‘All That Matters Now Is Absolute Subservient Adherence’ To The GOP] Reference
I bow in obeisance: They implemented the classic game Defender … in a favicon. From Wordnik.com. [Geek Envy] Reference
It was a knee-jerk design modification made in obeisance to the myth that Americans hate hatchbacks. From Wordnik.com. [The Volkswagen Jetta's graceful ride back down to earth] Reference
The kek would sweep inwards as the van roared along the lane; bowing in obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [On the Verge] Reference
The business recalls the obeisance to certain Italian gentlemen once required of American presidential candidates. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The business recalls the obeisance to certain Italian gentlemen once required of American presidential candidates, Jenkins wrote, adding. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
And no American head of state should show "obeisance" to another head of state. From Wordnik.com. ["Americans do not bow to royalty. In my view, when the royal is the ruling tyrant of a despotic regime, the wrong is compounded."] Reference
And bowing themselves, they made obeisance to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision] Reference
= To make obeisance by striking the head on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
And as I came towards him, he stood up, and made obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [The Substance of a Dream] Reference
Taking the offered money, she made an obeisance, and withdrew. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
He bowed from the hips -- and Ruth gasped as she saw the obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
A cross was set up on the parish pump and mock obeisance made to it. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
When the procession of her relations come up, they all do obeisance to. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Samuel] Reference
And again he made obeisance, and went away on foot, leading his horse behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Substance of a Dream] Reference
Alexander made his obeisance to the emperor, and walked several times round him. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
He stared impatiently at his castle steward as the man entered and made obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
Hard on their heels shuffled Isaaco, himself also on all fours in a deep obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Can't make out the doleful faces of vanquished Parthians paying obeisance to the emperor?. From Wordnik.com. [Caesar Slept Here] Reference
Almurah bowed to the ground, Urad made obeisance, and the rest fell prostrate before her. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Entering the presence chamber, he stood at the foot of the throne and made a low obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
And this power has the usual charm of all power; it commands respect, and too often obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
All the people of the city were then ordered to come and make obeisance to the Inca on pain of death. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
He bent to the saddle in a mocking obeisance and his horse leaped forward beneath the touch of the spurs. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
The musicians and dancers hired for the occasion also did obeisance to them, before they began their part. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
I made my obeisance to the king, as you told me; and he returned it as if I had been young and handsome. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Everybody had to be pragmatic according to their own position, making ritual obeisance to an impossible ideology. From Wordnik.com. [David Miliband is the man best placed for leadership] Reference
Haughtily ignoring the rest of the company, he paced to the head of the table, where he made perfunctory obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
They sat in silence together, when Hakem, entering, made his obeisance, and presented Augustus to the astonished Maria. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
The black visage of Henry beamed with satisfaction as he made a hurried obeisance and placed in her hand a letter, saying. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
She was wafted from the aircraft on a tide of obeisance, a celebrity of celebrities whose feet did not seem to touch the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Unmasking The Mother] Reference
The wafting silence permeates the air, punctuated by the orchestra of crickets chirping obeisance to the pureness of their habitation. From Wordnik.com. [Homecoming] Reference
When they had recovered from their fright, they rose to an upright posture, and paid their obeisance to the stranger, now proved to be the. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
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