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

If you’re not going to push back on his lazy groveling, then what are you even doing?

From Slate • May 9, 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

All the leader heard was the groveling echo of his own misconceptions.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck