servility
Example Sentences
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The abject servility with which Pierce’s Willy rushes to retrieve the lighter that Howard has dropped on the floor, speaks volumes about powerlessness.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2022
But his comments during his interview with Hannity suggest that the toadying and servility Pence engaged in nearly every day as Trump’s vice president are difficult to shake.
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2021
It isn’t luck, pluck or happy coincidence that propels Balram from his ragged beginnings to sleek triumph, but cunning, desperation and a coldbloodedness that can masquerade as servility.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2021
Menial piecework tasks, parceled out through apps that force workers into 12-hour days in the hopes they can eke out a living through a lifetime of endless servility.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2020
Although Nabokov was the scion of a Russian noble family, he detested the class-bound servility ubiquitous in the land of his birth.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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