be submissive
Example Sentences
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It's unlikely that women will encounter tradwife content and decide to quit their jobs to be submissive housewives.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024
"Separate from me liking Japanese culture, we don't need to be submissive to Japan in diplomacy," said Kim Joo-hee, 30, an office worker in Seoul who travels to Japan for her year-end holidays.
From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2023
“It’s empowering women. A woman doesn’t have to be submissive or be polite.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
“O, how wonderful it is,” Edward responded to Mary, “to be submissive to Jesus and trust him when all seems dark and unpromising.”
From Slate ● May 16, 2020
I couldn’t afford to be submissive anymore, not with Otto unprotected.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
