lackeying
- present participle of lackey.
Example Sentences
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This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide, To rot itself with motion.
From Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare, William
This common body Like to a vagabond Flag upon the stream Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide, To rot itself with motion.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson
His mind was lackeying Persis, who knew so many people and was having so good a time.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
Lo! this loud, lackeying praise Will stay behind to greet the usurping moon, When they have cloud-barred over thee the West.
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
To him, too, the multitude— …This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, Goes to, and back, lackeying the varying tide To rot itself with motion.
From Shakspere and Montaigne by Feis, Jacob
