groveling

Example Sentences

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They want illiterate, groveling serfs, who live in fear and don’t stick around too long.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

Kruse told told the audience that the Black men who joined the Union Army were “not groveling for inclusion” but actively chose to fight.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

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

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