obeisance

Example Sentences

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His “gruff” father had little time for such infantilizing obeisance and would resist as best he could.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

But the demands for obeisance from everyone around him, foreign and domestic, aren't new.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2025

But positioning her as Ethan’s maybe-girlfriend — as if in obeisance to and at the same time defiance of some foundational rule of musical theater — undoes that work.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Johnson and McConnell both paid obeisance to the notion that “we should not default on our debt under any circumstances,” as Johnson’s pledge states.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2021

And then, as if the situation was not horrifying enough, Gwenforte trotted up and sat down beside Jeanne, as if she, too, were refusing to pay obeisance to King Louis IX of France.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz