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

In fact, he enjoyed the worm’s-eye view that servility offered to him.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy