toady to
Example Sentences
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When I asked Graham whether he ever worried about being seen as a toady to Trump, his voice assumed a slightly clipped edge.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
"Do I look like a toady to you?" he says with a grin.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2013
Far from being robust and uninhibited, he wrote, the press was often a toady to government and business.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2011
That could backfire and reinforce some Russian voters' image of Yeltsin as a toady to the West.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This Mr. O’Rapley is a worthy man who knows a great deal, and although a bit of a toady to his superiors, expresses his opinions pretty freely behind their backs.”
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard