slavish

Example Sentences

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She calls what she creates "poetic transformation" rather than "a slavish copy".

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Self-proclaimed experts usually attract trouble through hubris, though I’ve seen bank traders and hedge fund managers annihilate themselves with slavish beliefs in trading ranges.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Kay wants to punish Michael for his treatment of her, for his casual cruelty, for his slavish devotion to a monstrous profession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

De Palma’s slavish emulation of Hitchcock runs through numerous films, and with notable specificity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

Not that I humbled myself by a slavish notion of inferiority: on the contrary, I just said—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë