groveling

Example Sentences

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And then there are the endless new pain points for Americans—the rejected claims, the surprise billing, the groveling for coverage in the face of capricious, error-plagued, and rejection-heavy A.I algorithms.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2025

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

We were in shaky transit that summer from the groveling status of Lower Middlers to the nearrespectability of Upper Middlers.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles