obsequiousness

Example Sentences

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I would assume that some of them will gain his favor with elaborate obsequiousness and flamboyant flattery.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

If you do come, though, he’ll also certainly mock you in private for your excessive obsequiousness.

From Slate • May 18, 2024

He later went on to write his famous realpolitik primer, “The Prince,” dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici with an obsequiousness now considered to have been just a little tongue-in-cheek.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2020

The film was a New York Times Critic's Pick, with Janet Maslin writing that Damon played the role “with a fine, tricky mix of obsequiousness and ruthlessness.”

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2019

After that, as products of very different backgrounds they were continually scared stiff of hurting each other’s feelings; hence they understood and tolerated their respective foibles almost to the point of obsequiousness.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols