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
To be obsequious to a non-drinker was a waste of time.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
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)
He felt it necessary to be obsequious to Phœbe, after the terrible mistake he had made.
From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
McKnight objects that nobody can poke his head through a curtain and be obsequious.
From The Man in Lower Ten by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
