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Meanings of grovelling in English

Totally submissive.

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Usage of grovelling in English
1
The dethroned monster lay grovelling on the floor, not daring to move.
From Jest to Earnest
2
The soldier was on his knees, grovelling with face against the floor.
Love under Fire
3
Perkins screamed with mad fear and flung himself grovelling upon the floor.
The Skylark of Space
4
She was pleased that all the Court should see her thus grovelling.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
5
He paused, and fell back again to the ground, grovelling and speechless.
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
6
American history contains no such pitiful instance of cowardice and grovelling meanness.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
7
And therewith Sir Launcelot leapt upon him, and pulled him grovelling down.
Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1
8
It would be stooping, grovelling for you to make distinctions among people.
The Great God Success: A Novel
9
Pie had fallen, and was grovelling, cursing, screaming, praying on the steps.
Nedra
10
Are you a man, to lie grovelling on the floor like that?
La Vendée
11
Get thee hence, grovelling worm, ere the lightnings of heaven blast thee!
The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
12
No amount of grovelling ever undoes the damage of a drunken text message.
The South African
13
Hardly the grovelling stance you took yesterday, babbling how everything is in place!'
Forge of Darkness
14
The poor grovelling worm turns under the foot of the pedestrian.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 / ...
15
A grovelling statement was put the way of the Anti-Defamation League.
The Irish Times
16
I did not mean grovelling or sordid; and you know I did not.
The Good Time Coming
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