be obsequious
Example Sentences
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You need someone who has a large ego but will be obsequious.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
He felt it necessary to be obsequious to Phœbe, after the terrible mistake he had made.
From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
To be obsequious to a non-drinker was a waste of time.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
They were trained to serve them, to be obsequious and obliging; it would have been too much to expect that they should suddenly take command and order them about.
From Titanic by Young, Filson
McKnight objects that nobody can poke his head through a curtain and be obsequious.
From The Man in Lower Ten by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
