genuflect
Example Sentences
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Mapplethorpe genuflects at the altar of that icon with a platinum portrait of Warhol, backed by a halo of light and surrounded by silk panels that form a cross.
He hired people because they genuflected to him, not because they had any expertise.
From Salon
One thing even more awful, though, over time, is trying to share a life with someone who still genuflects to someone else.
From Washington Post
But the exclusion of faith-based groups will harm the most vulnerable Americans, ironically as we genuflect to secularist dogma.
From Washington Post
Poor McCarthy spent the next seven years groveling and genuflecting to these extremists under the foolish impression that they would reward him for his fealty.
From Salon
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