toadies
Example Sentences
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Like the most treacherous toadies from literature — Iago, Wormtongue, Tywin Lannister — Miller managed to shove aside rivals to latch onto his master’s ear and guide him toward more evil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
The heads of those places have been fired or have stepped down, sometimes replaced by crypto industry toadies.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
So how will the "usual suspects", the "softies", the "newbies" and the "toadies" shake down?
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
Rather, it's because the show gives us some answer as to how the terrible corporate and political toadies in those congressional hot seats became the awful people that they are.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2019
Stickler was one of those toadies who worship rank for its own sake.
From Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)