had grovelled
- past perfect of grovel.
Example Sentences
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After Cassie had grovelled under all the furniture and blacked up all her Sunday cleanliness, to the infinite grief of everybody, the garter was forgotten in the new washing of the young face and hands.
From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
How he had grovelled before her when the truth was known; what shameful efforts he had made to remedy what he had considered at the outset a woman's passing whim!
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
Did ever a man die the easier because he had grovelled at the knees of Huxley?
From The Turquoise Cup, and, the Desert by Smith, Arthur Cosslett
Within a second they had thrown down their arms and had grovelled on the floor of the boat.
From With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
My spirit had grovelled in a state of prostration, stripped of its wings and its wand of power.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
