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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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Even for some Republicans who would like to see more babies and larger families, the whole pro-natalist push is cringe in a bad way.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
1 May 2025
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So managing awkwardness, or cringe, can be a major concern.—
Myisha Battle,
Time,
29 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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Corporate executives don’t want to destroy morale; government agencies must retain reserve; and those of us in the job market – coaches, recruiters, staffers, etc. – must not let pessimism creep in.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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But a few prices are starting to creep up, most notably the graphics card.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2025
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For its makers, that’s where the magic is April 15, 2025 Later, checking the bear traps, however, Yuri encounters a big-eared baby ochi cowering in a hole, its hind leg bloodied.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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The man finds you out back, cowering behind the dumpsters.—
Laura Steinel,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Weber’s Little Donut Shop The line snaking around the block at 5 a.m. is a good indication Weber’s Little Donut Shop is a must-visit.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 2025
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Even when the narrow road snaked over the steepest gradients in the final stretch his confidence never faltered.—
Nathaniel Parish Flannery,
Forbes.com,
5 May 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,
29 Apr. 2025
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Renner was crushed under a 14,000-pound snowplow after trying to prevent the machine from sliding toward his nephew.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As a wave of radioactive green slime envelops him, his body begins to transform—limbs mutating, rows of bloody fangs emerging—his globular, wormlike form, slithering menacingly across the screen.—
Laura Holliday,
Wired News,
2 May 2025
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The comedy reboot of Anaconda has slithered into CinemaCon.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Grovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grovel. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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