obsequious
Example Sentences
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The threat came, he wrote, from men who “have begun their careers by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.”
From Washington Post
But Logan has a short memory for the favors he owes, and he doesn’t respect obsequious yes-men.
From New York Times
He repeatedly returns to his grudge against his once obsequious vice president with relish; Mike Pence has become more public about his own political ambitions.
From New York Times
Relationships tended to flow one way — with obsequious public displays by heads of state and government trying to get on Trump’s good side.
From Seattle Times
The architects of imperialism, the masters of war, the corporate-controlled legislative, judicial and executive branches of government and their obsequious courtiers in the media, are illegitimate.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
