- present participle of grovel.
grovelling
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When she was called by a grovelling Liam Gallagher apologising, Lynne Brine wondered what on earth was going on.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
"Trying to run around with your hand outstretched, grovelling, begging for money, is pointless," Putin said in a televised address to Russia's political, military and business elite.
From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2023
But its immediate collapse ended hopes of those new sources of income and forced the Glazers and FSG to make grovelling apologies to fans.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
And there is Orson Welles as Falstaff, and Falstaff is grovelling for Henry V. He’s banished.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
Mustapha Mond tried to make him get up; but Bernard persisted in his grovelling; the stream of words poured out inexhaustibly.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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