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

But for his toadies, the stance is awkward, to say the least.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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

He said this in a tone that was insufferably insolent; and as if to point the insult, the two toadies when they heard it, sniggered audibly.

From By Right of Sword by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)