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

He felt it necessary to be obsequious to Phœbe, after the terrible mistake he had made.

From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

All the relatives of the bridegroom had to be obsequious to the bride, to her parents, and to all her relatives, so long as those years of service lasted.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 by Various

I never knew before that dogs could be obsequious!

From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver

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