genuflection

Example Sentences

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For years, she has been jacuzzi-soaking her ballads in pop-rock Americana and Hollywood lore, crowding her lyric sheet with references and interpolations, casual nods and heady genuflections to the coolest songs ever written.

From Washington Post

But Adam didn’t do rhyme and meter, for one thing — too much like mandatory genuflection in church, he once remarked.

From Washington Post

Right-wing extremists who attempt to subvert democracy should be met with a firm stand, not a shrug and genuflection toward the ballot box.

From Seattle Times

That same year, however, conservative politician Tony Abbott, who later became prime minister, called the growing acknowledgments of country “tokenism” and a “genuflection to political correctness.”

From Washington Post

“Strong again” equals “great again” equals genuflection before Trump.

From New York Times