Example Sentences

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He has no use for expertise or talent; he prefers people who will grovel before him.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel and creep all their lives.

From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry

A rogue unmasked will grovel: von Kerber was defiant.

From The Wheel O' Fortune by Tracy, Louis

Aim at the sky, and you may reach the top of the tree; aim at the top of the tree, and you will grovel on the ground.

From Sisters Three by Lloyd, Stanley

If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail