grovel

Example Sentences

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They want illiterate, groveling serfs, who live in fear and don’t stick around too long.

From Salon

This stage visits the village of Montagne, which will seem like a bad joke to the big-boned types who have grovelled through the Alps and Pyrenees.

From The Guardian

Wolff represents those who stuck it out with Trump as groveling desperados, their wits dulled by the Trump treatment — oily flattery and savage cruelty.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet even now, Republicans continue to grovel, as if they expect anything different.

From Washington Post

Maher agreed that people "used to get mad" but what's different with social media is that "people didn't use to grovel and apologize like this."

From Fox News