slavish
Example Sentences
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Kay wants to punish Michael for his treatment of her, for his casual cruelty, for his slavish devotion to a monstrous profession.
This strange dichotomy between licentious freedom and slavish obedience is an implicit bargain between Trump and his followers.
From Salon
Their manifesto urged people to “hang up on the pollsters who are polluting our political environment by dominating media coverage, influencing election outcomes, and turning our political leaders into slavish poll followers.”
From Los Angeles Times
While I like the movies a lot, I don’t have a slavish devotion to them.
From Los Angeles Times
As everyone knows, Donald Trump admires Vladimir Putin, and so a large portion of the Republican Party admires Putin in an imitative and slavish manner.
From Salon
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