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

"The grovelling apology to a state that supports and funds terrorism is a disgrace," far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote on X.

From BBC

The more afraid I was of him, the more groveling I became.”

From Los Angeles Times

The abruptness of the about-face is almost shocking, despite the long history of all these people shaming themselves with their groveling obedience to the former reality TV host turned politician.

From Salon

He, or more plausibly some eager-to-please groveling toady, actually wants school children to study the so-called evidence of that enormous history-shaping crime, which may involve the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop.

From Salon