Example Sentences

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She was grovelling now, a thing of supplest grace, her lovely arms entwining his knees.

From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael

Harry was touched with the lad's expressions of affection, and told him to get up from the ground where he was grovelling on his knees, embracing his master's.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Presently a man came by and saw her, and stood still, for he thought it was the Evil One who was grovelling so among the roots.

From Grimm's Fairy Stories by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

If he had walked upon cerulean heights on Sunday he was grovelling in the depths on Monday.

From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David

"Arrest that man," I said, pointing to the collector, who was grovelling on the ground, nursing his foot and shrieking foul threats at us.

From From the Memoirs of a Minister of France by Weyman, Stanley John