obsequiousness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

One took one’s gun, and led the way, with Obsequiousness.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Obsequiousness, servility, cupidity roused by the prevailing smell of money.

From Man and Superman by Shaw, Bernard

One took one's gun, and led the way, with Obsequiousness.

From The Ebb-Tide by Osbourne, Lloyd

On which account, I think, I have a just Pretence to declare myself, with profound Obsequiousness, Your Lordship's Most humble, Most devoted and Most oblig'd Servant, Pier.

From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest

This is principally effected by Obsequiousness, and an Agreeableness of Tempers.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius