genuflect
Example Sentences
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Mapplethorpe genuflects at the altar of that icon with a platinum portrait of Warhol, backed by a halo of light and surrounded by silk panels that form a cross.
The clip in question sees Deen sitting in the “Today Show” studio, practically genuflecting to the camera after being grilled for 15 straight minutes on live television.
From Salon
Without anything divine to revere, American home and landscape design largely genuflects at the altar of the market.
From Salon
He’s genuflecting and appears penitent, it’s him with no public or private, shipwrecked in place in a way.
From Los Angeles Times
He prefers the illusion of power offered by genuflecting yes-men over the hard work involved in gaining real power and exercising it.
From Salon
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