obeisance

Example Sentences

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His “gruff” father had little time for such infantilizing obeisance and would resist as best he could.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

But the demands for obeisance from everyone around him, foreign and domestic, aren't new.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2025

A little further along the corridor, hurrying to pay obeisance, was Rodrygo, another of Pérez’s employees.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

Yet, at least for the moment, they had no levers; the rank and file in the ministries, bureaucracies, and armed forces ignored their orders and continued to swear obeisance to Yeltsin.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023

And then, as if the situation was not horrifying enough, Gwenforte trotted up and sat down beside Jeanne, as if she, too, were refusing to pay obeisance to King Louis IX of France.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz