servility

Example Sentences

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Human nature hasn’t changed enough since then to shield masses of people from being seduced and intimidated into servility and herd-like stampedes.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

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

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

The word, of course, has another connotation: an aspect of servility.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2018

The man's servility disgusted him, and so did his cheese-white hands with their dirty nails, and the stained teeth he revealed in his constant grin.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw