unbowing

His name already a household word in Conradian circles, in 1975 he was elected President of the Joseph Conrad Society of America, a post he held for 20 years happily unchallenged until, still unbowing before the challenge of age, he passed the torch to another revered Conradian, the late Bruce Harkness.

The backs steely, determined and unbowing to their flamboyant French rivals.

He has an unbowing Kabanikha turn to the audience to deliver the closing line.