bootlick

Example Sentences

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One name that won't be on the list is Kelly Loeffler, whose loss in the runoff in Georgia was likely because of her servile bootlicking of Trump.

From Salon

“All that bootlicking on Fox News finally paid off for Mark Penn,” David Axelrod, Obama’s senior adviser while he was president, tweeted of the news that Penn had visited Trump.

From Washington Post

The bootlicking cowardice of today’s Republican Party knows no bounds.

From Washington Post

Bugliosi denounced Manson as the “dictatorial maharajah of a tribe of bootlicking slaves,” calling Manson’s followers “robots” and “zombies.”

From Washington Times

“Pence’s talents for bootlicking — he was nicknamed ‘the Bobblehead’ by Republicans on Capitol Hill for his solemn nodding routine whenever Trump spoke — were at their most obscene during meetings at the White House,” Alberta writes.

From Washington Post