be obsequious
Example Sentences
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You need someone who has a large ego but will be obsequious.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
They were trained to serve them, to be obsequious and obliging; it would have been too much to expect that they should suddenly take command and order them about.
From Titanic by Young, Filson
In fact it will not be pure intelligence at all, but rather a faculty that may be obsequious to all the lower passions.
From Essays on Art by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)
To be obsequious to a non-drinker was a waste of time.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
Do not be obsequious to your own shame, And do not humiliate yourself until it is a sin against yourself.
From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Kent, Charles Foster
