toadying

Example Sentences

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And Abby Quinn is excellent as Natalie, mom’s campaign manager and toadying child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

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

I love the smell of toadying in the morning.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2021

Benchley shared screenwriting credit with Carl Gottlieb, who also plays the toadying publisher of the Amity newspaper.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2020

There is always to be found men who swell their importance by toadying men of character and eminence.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry