subservience

Example Sentences

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Maybe divine intervention wouldn’t be such a bad thing if utter subservience to billionaires, technology and manufactured loneliness is the alternative.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

It helped undo the damage done by the subservience in “I Dream of Jeannie.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

If anything, her role as a path-breaker created expectations that far exceeded the inherent subservience of her vice presidential position.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024

But what Raisi lacked in charisma, he more than made up for in subservience; the man, frankly, was a toady doing the supreme leader’s bidding.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

I could not make subservience an automatic part of my behavior.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright