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How to use bower in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, verb

Bower means a bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle. Example: “That night Tarzan built a snug little bower high among the swaying branches of a giant tree, and there the tired girl slept, while in a crotch beneath her the ape-man curled, ready, even in sleep, to protect her.”

Examples of bower by meaning

nounA shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

  • That night Tarzan built a snug little bower high among the swaying branches of a giant tree, and there the tired girl slept, while in a crotch beneath her the ape-man curled, ready, even in sleep, to protect her.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 214
  • The entire town mated together, in the leafy bowers that had sprung up among the washing-machines and television sets in the shopping mall, on the settees and divans by the furniture store, in the tropical paradises of the suburban gardens.1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 30
  • The branches met overhead in a kind of bower and the three cops stood in the shade and studied the roughcast gable of the cottage, maybe fifty yards on up the hill.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 444

nounOne who bows or bends.

  • The bower aims his display straight at the dominant figure, who may reciprocate with a milder version of the same action.1977, Desmond Morris, Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior, page 144

More sentences with bower

  • Bower, how can I get an EKG with him strapped down?”2009, Sacred Trust, page 152. From the entry spider strap
  • "Dreary to explain and word all that gnashy science into flowery bower chat," said Emul.1994, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, Live Robots, page 260. From the entry gnashy
  • When the so-called honeymoon was over, the bridal bower became Rosa's home.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 50. From the entry bridal bower
  • The orchestra was bowered in palms on a little platform at the end of the room.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter I, page 132. From the entry smilax
  • In his bower, Coverdale onanistically counts “the innumerable clusters of my vine,” and forereckons “the abundance of my vintage.”2005, D. Greven, Men Beyond Desire: Manhood, Sex, and Violation in American Literature. From the entry forereckon
  • Into the noisome caverns of the Ghouls; into the dew-gemmed bower of the lady fairies, you have extended your efflagitations.1911, The Irish Homestead, volume 18, numbers 26–52, Dublin, page 792. From the entry efflagitation
  • The engagement photos were set in a leafy bower festooned with pink and white roses, anemones, lilies and delphinium, like something straight out of an enchanted garden.2025 August 27, Vanessa Friedman, “The Ralph Lauren Look of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Engagement Photos”, in The New York Times, New…. From the entry anemone
  • Bowers had enjoyed seeing the fruit of his efforts pay off as much as he loved watching his countrymen get swept up in his soccer passion.2014, Sean Reid, Love Thy Soccer: The Fan Rewrites the Book on the American Game. From the entry walk on sunshine
  • There were quaint paths, pillared with antic trees, latticed with drolly peering faces of extravagant orchids, that led the seeker to hidden, surprising bowers of goblinry.1938, Clark Ashton Smith, “The Maze of Maâl Dweb”, in A Rendezvous in Averoigne: Best Fantastic Tales of Clark Ashton Smith, Sauk City…. From the entry goblinry

Meaning of bower

  1. noun A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
  2. noun A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
  3. noun A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

Full definition of bower

Questions about bower in a sentence

How do you use bower in a sentence?
Bower is used as a noun and verb. For example: “That night Tarzan built a snug little bower high among the swaying branches of a giant tree, and there the tired girl slept, while in a crotch beneath her the ape-man curled, ready, even in sleep, to protect her.”
What is a short sentence with bower?
“Bower, how can I get an EKG with him strapped down?””
What does bower mean?
Bower means a bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.

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