obsequiousness
Example Sentences
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I would assume that some of them will gain his favor with elaborate obsequiousness and flamboyant flattery.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025
If you do come, though, he’ll also certainly mock you in private for your excessive obsequiousness.
From Slate • May 18, 2024
Naipaul expressed for Caribbean culture, his obsequiousness in regards to the British Empire and his misogyny.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2020
He later went on to write his famous realpolitik primer, “The Prince,” dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici with an obsequiousness now considered to have been just a little tongue-in-cheek.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2020
After that, as products of very different backgrounds they were continually scared stiff of hurting each other’s feelings; hence they understood and tolerated their respective foibles almost to the point of obsequiousness.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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