be obsequious
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
You need someone who has a large ego but will be obsequious.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
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
I never knew before that dogs could be obsequious!
From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver
McKnight objects that nobody can poke his head through a curtain and be obsequious.
From The Man in Lower Ten by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
To be obsequious to a non-drinker was a waste of time.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
