servile

Example Sentences

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In "Ya Bon" he criticised current and past African heads of state who he says have maintained a "servile relationship with the coloniser".

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Critics saw negotiating with Attilla as servile, but they wrongly assumed that Emperor Theodosius II had a military alternative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

He could serve as a pet, a provocateur or a sob sister; a servile, wince-inducing stereotype or a sly underminer of various heterosexual norms.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2024

Some Hawaiian cultural experts say aloha is a complex and fluid idea, too often misconstrued as a sweet and servile way of tolerating visitors.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

It was just an innkeeper: friendly, servile, and so unassuming as to almost be invisible.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss