Example Sentences

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Politics is rarely pure, no successful leader has ever slavishly followed a predetermined path.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

Sequoia’s description of its due diligence doesn’t comport with a version reported in a slavishly adoring article about Bankman-Fried it had commissioned from a freelance writer and posted on its website.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2023

One slavishly devotes itself to meeting every hedonistic need of its human population.

From Scientific American • Nov. 7, 2023

Millions of people slavishly collect points so they can later reap the rewards of “free” travel.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022

They also know they need not shudder in fear at the thought of music- making that is not slavishly dependent on the printed page.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall