toadies

Example Sentences

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The heads of those places have been fired or have stepped down, sometimes replaced by crypto industry toadies.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

So how will the "usual suspects", the "softies", the "newbies" and the "toadies" shake down?

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

And today’s toadies, worshipers and opportunists may have some explaining to do to their descendants.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Hunter’s generosity as a performer — listening intently, never grandstanding — spills over into her interpretation, giving us a Timon who chooses to think the best of her toadies.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2020

Round such a man who was good-natured and philanthropic would gather flatterers and toadies; hence the suggestion to found a club with his own name and “button.”

From Pickwickian Studies by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington