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Recent Examples of grovel
One moment involves Dickinson smashing up china and making Romy grovel on the floor to pick up the pieces.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2024
On the first platform, Seychelle sets the tone beautifully by forcing C.K. to grovel, agreeing to help her, then doing nothing anyway.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
What was not anticipated is how quickly and easily the media has capitulated and groveled.
—Michael Wolff, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Spending months in dark damp tunnels, bodies chained to walls, humans forced to grovel like animals.
—Greg Palkot, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2024
On the first platform, Seychelle sets the tone beautifully by forcing C.K. to grovel, agreeing to help her, then doing nothing anyway.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
What was not anticipated is how quickly and easily the media has capitulated and groveled.
—Michael Wolff, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Spending months in dark damp tunnels, bodies chained to walls, humans forced to grovel like animals.
—Greg Palkot, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grovel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grovel
Verb
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Fans were cringing, and not even Chandler’s signature optimism could mask what everyone was watching.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Jocelyn’s experiences, the show implied, had empowered her, a suggestion so absurd and anachronistic that viewers could only cringe in response.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Simply fill the moat with water to keep unwanted pests from crawling down to the nectar ports.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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And setting your baby down on the ground to crawl around isn’t the cleanest option.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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When confronted with this new, harsh reality, our state didn’t flinch.—
Wes Moore,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Apr. 2025
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Yes, there will be some wins, at least from an optics perspective, but especially with China neither Trump nor Xi wants to be the first to flinch.—
Chuck Jones,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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His eyes dart to her as his thick mustache creeps up to reveal a half smile.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2025
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McGee, Sam, Knight, and Torres creep onto the ship and split into teams of two.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The first season emphasized urban hellscapes — lots of cowering and running in the ruins of Boston, Kansas City and Salt Lake City — while moving toward the open spaces of Wyoming.—
Mike Hale,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Through the video, she is shown cowering in the corner of her enclosure, staying close to the wall.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In New York, marchers snaked their way past Trump Tower Saturday.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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New York declined to accept the first two hammers, cutting the team’s lead to a single point, before Horschel’s long putt snaked into the hole at the 14th to give Atlanta a dramatic lead.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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Related Articles Another California city bans ‘price-fixing’ software from RealPage to set rents LinkedIn buys Sunnyvale tech office for more than $70 million in cash Its shares slid about 6% as the markets opened in New York, leading a broad selloff in semiconductor firms from the US to Japan.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As May approaches the eastern brown snake, the reptile darts off, crossing the pink room to slither under a desk.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But Porsha is upset that Drew is using her as material for the show in the messiest way possible, slithering behind the scenes to create storylines with her ex.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Grovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grovel. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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