grovel

Example Sentences

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Absolutely, but Colin is eager to please and genuinely loves to grovel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025

If they failed to adequately grovel and praise him, he punished their states by delaying the needed supplies and publicly derided them as incompetent.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2025

On Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul made Suozzi drive to Albany to all but grovel for her support.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Elrond isn’t the only elf who has to grovel among the rabble in this episode.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

He refused to give them the satisfaction of seeing him grovel.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge