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

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

FTX is in dire straits, and SBF is reduced to groveling for investors to give the firm a big cash infusion.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2022

Rehearsing whimpers and groveling positions as she climbed to her lookout, she got ready to tell Amaroq how help­ less she was in his own language.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George