servility
Example Sentences
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Human nature hasn’t changed enough since then to shield masses of people from being seduced and intimidated into servility and herd-like stampedes.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
The abject servility with which Pierce’s Willy rushes to retrieve the lighter that Howard has dropped on the floor, speaks volumes about powerlessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
Privately, according to people who have observed his interactions with Trump, he treats the president with the sort of deference and servility more typical of a staff member than a cabinet member.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
This process has a number of steps — the stages of servility.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2019
The man's servility disgusted him, and so did his cheese-white hands with their dirty nails, and the stained teeth he revealed in his constant grin.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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