- present participle of grovel.
groveling
Example Sentences
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As per Margaret Hartmann with New York Magazine's Intelligencer, the gift is "peak spineless groveling."
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025
In the heartstopping series finale of “Succession” on Sunday night, striving Midwesterner Tom Wambsgans was named chief executive of Waystar Royco, completing his transformation from groveling buffoon to business titan.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2023
Within two days, Sweet produced a groveling apology, in which he indicted himself for a “ham-fisted attempt at provocation” that “alienated some of my Black colleagues and friends” and for which he was “deeply sorry.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
I see my husband’s over-the-top attention to her as groveling, which he says is to protect me from having to deal with her at the table.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022
“I don’t like groveling any more than you do, but this is no time to be proud.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
