toady

Example Sentences

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But what Raisi lacked in charisma, he more than made up for in subservience; the man, frankly, was a toady doing the supreme leader’s bidding.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

But Alice’s complaints aren’t just about her million sitting in the bank and the toady outgrowths of fame.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Can you bring one or the other of us around so that he doesn’t feel like a toady but I don’t continue to feel taken advantage of?

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2016

We're supposed to find Lloyd pathetic, a toady.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2011

On a cane throne sat an old toady lady.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell