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The two young men who drove them had fallen flat and were grovelling and wailing for mercy.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

The incipient steps towards this object began as far back as the time of Christian II., more than three centuries ago, while most of the European States were grovelling in ignorance.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The young woman stared at him as though he were grovelling stupidity, and then lay back on her cushions with a "You will drive on, Samuel."

From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)

I’ve been thinking it out while you were grovelling up there like a rat, and I think that the air will soon be all driven out of the mine by the water.

From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hurst, Hal

They both practised the most rigorous penance, professed to aspire after absolute purity, but in their conduct and principles they were grovelling, intriguing, profligate and ambitious.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John