servile

Example Sentences

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One obvious variation of the hyper-critical attitude is toxic masculinity, which creates a sense of male entitlement not just to female attention but that female attention be servile and unthreatening.

From Salon

Are women witches or servile tools for procreation?

From Los Angeles Times

Fernandez-Palacios was "just a pale reflection of an interfering, intrusive, badly educated, spoiled, capricious, devitalized and servile policy" that was submissive to the United States, the letter stated.

From Reuters

Whatever misgivings the Republican establishment may have had about Donald Trump's strategy to usurp democracy, they have rapidly come around to being his servile minions once again.

From Salon

With the government waving the antitrust baton, they could become even more servile.

From New York Times