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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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Freya crawled on top of her, interrupting the seizure.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2025
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Continue to update your site with new, high-quality blogs, and search engines will more frequently crawl your site.—
Tonia Ryan,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Through three games against the more seasoned and favored Knicks, the Pistons have looked their counterparts in the eye and, except for their fourth-quarter collapse in Game 1, haven’t flinched.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The assistant hitting coach flinched, but held his ground.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 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 project steps back just one space, sliding from No. 48 to No. 49.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Typically, investors rush to the bond market in times of economic uncertainty, but in recent weeks bond prices have slid and yields have risen — signs investors are rattled by the impact of Trump administration policies.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
29 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 4 May. 2025.
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