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Sentence example with the word 'grovel'
grovel
apple-polish, bow down, cringe to, flatter, hunch down, lickspittle, loll, repose, sneak, toadeat, whore
Definition
v.
show submission or fear
Last update: September 17, 2016
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I have no reason to
grovel
at your feet.
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It screamed, with a photo of two white men yoked and forced to
grovel
in front of a black man.
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The water disappears into a
grovel
at the downslope end, and possibly (?
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I want someone who can contribute intelligent conversation, not
grovel
at my feet.
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"They cringe and
grovel
like spaniels, and flatter till 'tis like to make one sick."'
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The railroad men and the lumbermen
grovel
to him.
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An artist might
grovel
in this room--
grovel
with delight.
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"Well, go back and
grovel
over the dragons," exclaimed Susy, giving her friend a playful poke.
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My instinct is not merely to submit, but to
grovel
.
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Holleben was utterly devoted and willing to
grovel
in the mud.
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