- present participle of grovel.
grovelling
Example Sentences
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A K-pop star has issued a grovelling apology after incensed fans accused her of "betrayal" - because she has a boyfriend.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
"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
This he said fatherly in his love, kissing my hands and grovelling at my feet; and with tears he named me, not daughter, but lady.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
They fell forward, grovelling heedlessly on the cold earth.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
