grovel
verb (used without object)
to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
are groveling
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present progressiveof grovel.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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PRO: While many political scribes his age are groveling for a Huffington Post link, Favreau works day to day with one of the most skilled rhetoricians in history.
From Time Magazine Archive
This time, too, TV executives are groveling a bit, making mea culpas.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Separatists are similarly cudgeled: they are "groveling in beggarly elements, imitations, and shadows of heavenly things."
From William Penn by George Hodges
And I believe the medical profession has thousands of just such men, men whose instincts are for nobility of character and whose moral ideals are high, but whose business standards are groveling.
From Quacks and Grafters by Unknown
