obsequiousness

Example Sentences

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In the beginning of the ’90s, when he’s hit with the steroid scandal and other scandals, his response is this little bit of obsequiousness.

From Los Angeles Times

Populating the novel is the usual cast of characters, foremost among them the cop shop’s inimitable secretary, Agatino Catarella, who blends obsequiousness, prudery and verbal ineptitude into a patois all his own.

From Washington Post

He's been turned off by their obsequiousness to Trump, their hand-waving of racism, white nationalism and the Jan. 6 U.S.

From Washington Post

But his pushback was slathered with so much obsequiousness that it was easy to miss.

From Washington Post

And really, is the GOP so brain dead it imagines — after the obsequiousness of Donald Trump — it can criticize Biden as soft on Russia?

From Washington Post