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Meanings of
groveling
in inglês
Totally submissive.
cringing
grovelling
wormy
wormlike
Related terms
submissive
Sinônimos
Examples for "
cringing
"
cringing
grovelling
wormy
wormlike
Examples for "
cringing
"
1
Tracy Morgan's interview on the US Today show left us all
cringing
.
2
He stopped and looked back at the people
cringing
in the doorways.
3
He saw men
cringing
as they neared the flames, heard children cry.
4
Marco was holding it at arms' length, almost
cringing
away from it.
5
The spirit loses its hopefulness and independence and becomes servile and
cringing
.
1
The dethroned monster lay
grovelling
on the floor, not daring to move.
2
The soldier was on his knees,
grovelling
with face against the floor.
3
Perkins screamed with mad fear and flung himself
grovelling
upon the floor.
4
She was pleased that all the Court should see her thus
grovelling
.
5
He paused, and fell back again to the ground,
grovelling
and speechless.
1
You're gonna drink to Crystal's memory with a glass of
wormy
water?
2
All bruised,
wormy
or injured apples should be discarded at picking time.
3
The arms of our backyard's apricot tree drooped with
wormy
fruit.
4
A few raindrops trickled onto the
wormy
chest they stood upon.
5
So if a bird happens to eat a parasitized caterpillar, it's bye-bye
wormy
.
1
It has an excessively long slender muzzle, and a
wormlike
extensile tongue.
2
Some are hairy caterpillars; others are smooth skinned and more
wormlike
.
3
Two unequal branches of the early
wormlike
organisms shrank into strong protective shells.
4
From other mouths,
wormlike
tentacles erupted, wriggled in the air, withdrew.
5
The tentacles protruding from her pinched,
wormlike
face writhed in irritation.
Usage of
groveling
in inglês
1
Let it never be forgotten that there is nothing
groveling
in Odd-Fellowship.
2
Somehow it sounded like
groveling
and I've never been good at that.
3
There's still the
groveling
next generation of underdog letters to send out.
4
He was shipped off to the Tower of London and died
groveling
.
5
Hammer was a ruthless tyrant, but he didn't tolerate
groveling
or cowardice.
6
What a contrast between that ambitious, cocky Hoshina and this
groveling
creature!
7
Without generosity, benevolence, or charity, man would be a
groveling
,
despicable creature.
8
I apologize; I'm down in the dust; I feel like
groveling
.
9
The spectacle of an entire nation
groveling
in contentment is an infuriating thing.
10
Lowenstein-sucha privilege that you should visit us, he said,
groveling
.
11
I started imitating somebody that was
groveling
,
said Trump on Friday.
12
He demanded you pay him attention, then decided you were weak for
groveling
.
13
I think such
groveling
and humility are fine things for you to taste.
14
The queen of Winter,
groveling
before her general and his wife.
15
I'd kinda like to hear you do a bit of
groveling
.
16
I will have lost any spying reader back in that welter of
groveling
.
Other examples for "groveling"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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groveling
grovel
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
own groveling
serious groveling
abject groveling
call this groveling
embarrassing groveling
More collocations
Groveling
through the time
Groveling
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common