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

Once, when he’s bitterly mocking his own obsequiousness to patrons, the miming heightens expression; otherwise, it’s superfluous.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

But his pushback was slathered with so much obsequiousness that it was easy to miss.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

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