servility
Example Sentences
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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
It isn’t luck, pluck or happy coincidence that propels Balram from his ragged beginnings to sleek triumph, but cunning, desperation and a coldbloodedness that can masquerade as servility.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2021
What level of friendliness, of servility are you expecting from restaurant staff?
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2020
This process has a number of steps — the stages of servility.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2019
Although Nabokov was the scion of a Russian noble family, he detested the class-bound servility ubiquitous in the land of his birth.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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