obsequious
Example Sentences
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The threat came, he wrote, from men who “have begun their careers by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.”
From Washington Post
But Logan has a short memory for the favors he owes, and he doesn’t respect obsequious yes-men.
From New York Times
Being obsequious is a means to his own end: finding his mother and avenging his father.
From Los Angeles Times
The few unions that remain — only 10.7 percent of the workforce is unionized — have been largely domesticated, demoted into obsequious junior partners in the capitalist system.
From Salon
It placated him with obsequious compliments, but his value was as a celebrity who could draw the culture’s gaze, not as a visionary designer who earned the critic’s respect.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
