groveling

Example Sentences

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As per Margaret Hartmann with New York Magazine's Intelligencer, the gift is "peak spineless groveling."

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2025

In the heartstopping series finale of “Succession” on Sunday night, striving Midwesterner Tom Wambsgans was named chief executive of Waystar Royco, completing his transformation from groveling buffoon to business titan.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023

All the leader heard was the groveling echo of his own misconceptions.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

Within two days, Sweet produced a groveling apology, in which he indicted himself for a “ham-fisted attempt at provocation” that “alienated some of my Black colleagues and friends” and for which he was “deeply sorry.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022

He shuffled forward on his knees, groveling, his hands clasped in front of him as though praying.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling