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Meanings of grovel (groveled) in English
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arrossegar-se Synonyms
Examples for "crawl"
Examples for "crawl"
1
Detta changed course and began to crawl toward the gunslinger's inert body.
2
Small boys will crawl in under the canvas in spite of clubs.
3
The scoring rate had slowed to a crawl, and that's the result.
4
They have to crawl like animals, feeling their way through the mud.
5
The Chief Ranger did not pause in his crawl to the left.
1
But many others believe that involvement will continue to quietly creep up.
2
The coral seems reasonably healthy, thus far weathering-orperhaps inured to-temperaturecreep.
3
When this happens you get what we call 'creep' with knock-on effects.
4
That's a whole other problem, which is often fuelled by lifestyle creep.
5
The Christian religion did not creep into the world in the dark.
1
Yes, it is true that the jaguar and the fawn hide here.
2
He looked down at the fawn in a helpless sort of way.
3
Its materials were of a fawn-coloured stone, common in the Mowbray quarries.
4
Our young braves run to battle with the swiftness of the fawn.
5
She put her hand in his and jumped lightly as a fawn.
1
It's not great either, but it's far from an entirely cringe-worthy catastrophe.
2
I used to cringe whenever his name came up in history class.
3
They will make you cringe, cry and not question making better choices.
4
What is meant to look macho is actually the cringe of panic.
5
Within the treasure cards deck, there are three cringe-inducing Waters Rise cards.
1
Remember: Saddam says he made his WMD threats to cower the Iranians.
2
We cower as you point fingers telling us to 'support our troops.'
3
The Muslims could no longer afford to cower behind a defensive posture.
4
This time she did not cower before the passion in his face.
5
Well might common sense cower with the meaner animals at the picture.
Usage of groveled in English
1
And falling at my feet, she groveled in anguish as she pleaded:
2
But a moment since the thing groveled, headless, upon this very table!
3
His discretion took on the look of poltroonery and he groveled in shame.
4
The words came from his lips in a breathy hiss as he groveled.
5
She did not want a lover who groveled in the dust before her.
6
Here groveled the youth under the power of so-called stimulating medicaments.
7
She was in her proper person all that he coveted and groveled to.
8
Many times you have stood and fought, then groveled in defeat, begging mercy.
9
It was sickening the way they groveled so before their maker.
10
He gave one screech and fell on his face and groveled.
11
And she hid her face at my feet and groveled there.
12
Ashe said finally, ignoring Lal, who still groveled on the road.
13
Oh, thank you, and Buckley the proud sophomore groveled out of the room.
14
And, helpless with fear, poor Pedro groveled in the dust.
15
The man howled in pain and groveled at her feet.
16
Hain groveled all the more at this thought suddenly placed in her witless head.
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Groveled through the time