groveling
- present participle of grovel.
Example Sentences
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As per Margaret Hartmann with New York Magazine's Intelligencer, the gift is "peak spineless groveling."
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025
Kruse told told the audience that the Black men who joined the Union Army were “not groveling for inclusion” but actively chose to fight.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
In the heartstopping series finale of “Succession” on Sunday night, striving Midwesterner Tom Wambsgans was named chief executive of Waystar Royco, completing his transformation from groveling buffoon to business titan.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2023
All the leader heard was the groveling echo of his own misconceptions.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022
If she were bound for the gallows, she would most certainly not spend the last moments of her life in groveling submission.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
