servility
Example Sentences
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By arming her mammies with revolvers, rifles and bullets, Saar turned a symbol of servility into one of militancy and power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
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
They don’t like the rough way the Stork treats Balram, whose practiced servility makes them a little uncomfortable.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021
This process has a number of steps — the stages of servility.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2019
A complex man—as those caught between eras often are—Spaulding removed the grinning mask of servility, but could never quite put it aside.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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