Example Sentences

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They were toadying to her there, I'll wager.

From The Machine by Sinclair, Upton

And yet people's love for Aunt Susan seems so genuine—not as though they were toadying to her for her money.

From How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl by Benson, Irene Elliott