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Mezzopiano Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Bowing my head

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What is the word for this action in the picture?

I wanted to use it in this context:

I was__(bowing my head?)______ reading the book, so I didn't see him passing me.

  

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"Bowing my head" is not right in this context. "

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"Bowing my head" is not right in this context. Here you'd say: "I had my head buried in a book so I didn't see him walk past me."

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My nose was in my book …

I had my head down, reading a book …

I was hunched over reading a book …

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"bending my head down" or "bent over a book" seems better to me if you're talking about reading a book.

"bowing my head" suggests praying or acknowledging the presence of someone of a much higher rank than yourself.

CJ

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