are grovelling
- present progressive of grovel.
Example Sentences
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"Poor fool!" exclaimed Mrs. Pimble, with great indignation; "you are grovelling in the mire of ignorance, and man's foot is on your neck to hold you there."
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie
They themselves are grovelling and groping in the dark whenever they pretend to fly from the trammels of empiricism, and, like our forefathers, account for what is unaccountable.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
And now here they are grovelling before brute forms painted on the walls in a hole in the dark.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander
The three servants still are grovelling on the floor.
From Five Little Plays by Sutro, Alfred
We may be aware that we are grovelling and vile, and deserve to be held up to the contempt of our fellows in our native ugliness.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
