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Bode vs. Bowed
Bode
/bəʊd/Examples:
The dark clouds bode an approaching storm.Her tone didn't bode well for future negotiations.The silence in the room bode trouble.
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Bowed
/bəʊd/Examples:
The willow tree's branches gracefully bowed in the wind.She bowed her head in deep reverence and respect.Their resolve never bowed under the pressure of challenges.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Bode is pronounced like toad and it generally deals with predictions or omens.
- Bowed is the past tense of bow and indicates bending the body forward or bending an object.
- Think of bode as having a sense of foreboding, something that might happen in the future.
- Recall bowed related to bow, which you often physically do with your body.
- Bode involves fate or outcomes, whereas bowed is an action involving bending.
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