toadying

Example Sentences

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And Abby Quinn is excellent as Natalie, mom’s campaign manager and toadying child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It was answered in the sudden burst of Twitter toadying from Fox commentator Skip Bayless, who had inexcusably belittled Prescott for admitting to depression in the offseason.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2020

Benchley shared screenwriting credit with Carl Gottlieb, who also plays the toadying publisher of the Amity newspaper.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2020

More than social class, however, St. John’s has long symbolized a kind of old-Washington civility that represents either dignity or toadying, depending on your view.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2020

He was a tuft-hunter and a toady, but he did not know that he was doing amiss in seeking to rise by tuft-hunting and toadying.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony