| 单词 | groveling |
| 例句 | But the only thing I know for sure is that there’s no way I’m crawling back, groveling, to ask for a measly ride. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I reckon I can. I’ll describe your hangdog look and shoeless state for her too. Lay you a good solid groundwork for some groveling.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If she were bound for the gallows, she would most certainly not spend the last moments of her life in groveling submission. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z After about ten minutes of groveling, though, it’s clear she’s not having any of it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Not only would that be groveling, it probably wouldn’t achieve the desired effect; Dana would still hassle him without mercy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Rehearsing whimpers and groveling positions as she climbed to her lookout, she got ready to tell Amaroq how help less she was in his own language. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the smash of truncheons on his elbows and iron-shod boots on his shins; he saw himself groveling on the floor, screaming for mercy through broken teeth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He shuffled forward on his knees, groveling, his hands clasped in front of him as though praying. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Insensate cruelty to those you can whip, and groveling submission to those you can’t. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I saw them gradually worn down, whimpering, groveling, weeping—and in the end it was not with pain or fear, only with penitence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t like groveling any more than you do, but this is no time to be proud.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I wish the six hundred Link Rowley worshippers in this school could see their Big Man on Campus practically groveling with gratitude. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He rolls his eyes at members of Congress, he carries on thoughtful conversations with random Internet commenters, and, unlike most of our public figures, he may never learn the arts of pandering and groveling. Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z “There was not one part of that groveling display that Trump hasn’t said before,” Bee said of the Trump and Putin love-fest. Republicans are feigning surprise at Trump’s fealty to Putin, and Samantha Bee is not having it 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Pop star groveling is at an all-time high these days, and although the pandering is unseemly, perhaps this is just the way of the world. This one tastes bland, too: Sweetlife and the decline of the American music festival 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Except the song, "Get Her Back," was a saccharine number that could have used far more groveling. 10 pressing observations on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z “I eventually wrote some groveling thing in a column.” 2010-01-29T23:40:00Z He told an interviewer, “If I don’t completely screw that up, it might be possible for me to end my career standing on my own feet rather than groveling for coins.” Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie 2013-01-13T17:37:08Z Let’s just say it involved a lot of groveling.” Robin Wright, Putting on a Director’s Cap 2014-02-05T15:49:53Z “For me, it was way more embarrassing to admit that a woman had me groveling for a really long time than it was to name the kind of sex we had,” Machado says. Perspective | For today’s feminist writers, sex makes a comeback 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Because he also happens to be a coward — we watch him groveling later. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 5: Maggie Takes Charge 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z After some fruitless groveling, we staggered into the streets, lacking a map or an agenda or any particular desire. How I Fell for Lisbon 2012-05-25T20:23:37Z The theme is eloquently echoed in Mr. Greif’s staging, in which characters are often found bowing to or groveling before one another. Review: ‘The Tempest’ Stars Sam Waterston and the Weather at Delacorte Theater 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z After learning of the White House secret taping system, Kissinger rightly feared that he would come across as a “perfect fool” for his groveling. How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z On “Get Her Back,” after whining “It’s so hard,” do you think that forcefully and sternly declaring, “But it doesn’t have to be” makes your point more effectively than just uninterrupted groveling? Robin Thicke Hears the Vultures Tweet 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Never in my life had I read a cry of such groveling submission and howling guilt. A witch hunt or a quest for justice: An insider’s perspective on disgraced academic Avital Ronell 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Overseas museum directors, who spend their lives groveling before increasingly populist and philistine governments, envy this setup. Perspective | Can artists right the ills of an unjust world by staging museum protests? 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z As Brent Staples wrote in the Book Review, Ellis “is a remarkably clear writer, mercifully free of both the groveling and the spirit of attack that have dominated the subject in the past.” 17 Great Books About American Presidents for Presidents’ Day Weekend 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z One user suggested, "If you decide to re-invite her she needs to apologize and acknowledge how inappropriate she was. A groveling apology would be nice." Groom's sister criticizes bride for wearing dress that doesn't hide childhood scar 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Polly narrates about a third of “The Leavers,” explaining herself, without groveling or excess sentiment, to the son she left behind. The immigrant novel, 2017: Lisa Ko’s ‘The Leavers’ shines a light on ugly truths 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z By the time it was done, I wasn’t sure which side the whole episode was more degrading for: NBC, blatantly groveling for ratings, or Palin, giving a cheerful Mama Grizzly growl to Al Roker. Game Change! On Today Show, Palin Joins Lamestream Media 2012-04-03T14:59:29Z There’s a built-in petulance in Bieber’s voice — even when he’s groveling, he sounds as if he’s stomping his foot, and this divide often works in his favor. Justin Bieber regroups as One Direction fades away 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z There’s a creepy grandstanding quality to much of the groveling on “Paula,” as though he were convinced that the scale of his gesture, rather than its sincerity, is what matters. Robin Thicke knows no shame on 'Paula' 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Last night we made up and, after much groveling on my part, he is still seeing me. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She says it’s complicated, but his choice is pretty simple 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Firebrand Republican Senator Josh Hawley said in a tweet that such "embarrassing groveling to China is a historic mistake." Analysis: Yellen raised China's hopes for tariff cut; U.S. politics will crush them 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z No one knows exactly what might do the trick, but those weary of groveling before him would do well to start experimenting — for the sake of the party more than even their own ambitions. The Chris Christie scenario | Michelle Cottle 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Poor McCarthy spent the next seven years groveling and genuflecting to these extremists under the foolish impression that they would reward him for his fealty. House sh**show has a message for America: GOP can't govern and doesn't want to 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Remember how he had rebuked Greene and now went groveling to her, and let her back onto committees? Opinion | GOP coalesces behind nameless, faceless Thing that is not McCarthy 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z All the leader heard was the groveling echo of his own misconceptions. Opinion | Putin is limping toward an endgame in Ukraine. Should the West go along? 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Within two days, Sweet produced a groveling apology, in which he indicted himself for a “ham-fisted attempt at provocation” that “alienated some of my Black colleagues and friends” and for which he was “deeply sorry.” This is the other way that history ends 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Historian Twitter exploded — there were rants and calls for resignation and, eventually, a groveling apology. Opinion | A fight among historians shows why truth-seeking and activism don’t mix 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z I see my husband’s over-the-top attention to her as groveling, which he says is to protect me from having to deal with her at the table. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When their college freshman marries, do they end financial support? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Yes, here are the new parameters for acceptable Republican speech, and here, right on time for his scheduled reprogramming and groveling, is Ted! Opinion | The ongoing mortification of Ted Cruz 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “He doesn’t want other people to win without groveling to him. That’s the threat,” Ms. Comstock added. As Trump Thunders About Last Election, Republicans Worry About the Next One 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z From fans protesting outside stadiums to heads of state chiming in, the backlash sent most of the rebel clubs scurrying back to their traditional circles and groveling for forgiveness. Christian Pulisic and Chelsea top Manchester City to win the Champions League title 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Instead, the RNC released a groveling resolution that it would “continue to enthusiastically support” Trump and his “America-first agenda,” whatever its particulars might be. Opinion | Republicans are sprinting away from democracy 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z And if the “groveling” dims your feelings for him, then you owe the marriage the truth about that, too. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When their college freshman marries, do they end financial support? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z In the homestretch of an often-bitter campaign, in a business long on supersize egos, the path to the Executive Mansion involves a little groveling. At Virginia’s GOP convention, being second choice in governor’s race is a good Plan B 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z By the end of the night, the Super League had been deserted by all of the English clubs — some with groveling apologetic statements — and the breakaway threat melted away as Ceferin drove back to Slovenia. How UEFA president Ceferin crushed a Super League rebellion 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z By the end of the night, the Super League had been deserted by all of the English clubs - some with groveling apologetic statements - and the breakaway threat melted away as Ceferin drove back to Slovenia. How UEFA president Ceferin crushed a Super League rebellion 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z "It's American bloodlust for groveling. It's just gross." Bill Maher blasts cancel culture turned 'summary execution': 'What happened to just accepting the apology?' 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Even a number of Trump grovelers and enablers stopped groveling and enabling long enough to stand up and say they believed in democracy’s most basic ideal. Opinion | Unity is dead. Long live unity. 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Thus, these two men who fancy themselves as patriots and leaders are groveling before a mob of conspiracists and consciously undermining American democracy. Scrambled loyalties 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Following President Trump’s obsequious groveling to please big donors and right-wing evangelicals, Mr. Pompeo apparently sees the utility of this future voter bloc. Opinion | Mike Pompeo’s comparison of the BDS movement to ‘cancer’ is reprehensible 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z “Not by submitting or groveling and also not arrogantly but with the wisdom, courage, dignity of a person who fights for his people, for his land and for his country,” he added. Israeli leader vows to protect interests with next president 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z "If he was to tell McConnell to get something done, it would happen," insisted Overstreet, citing the senator's habitual groveling to Trump. How Donald Trump abandoned America’s workers when they needed him the most 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z "If you've done something or said something wrong apologize, but if not, for heaven's sake, stop groveling," she said. Tomi Lahren: It's time to cancel 'cancel culture' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z At another news conference weeks later, he screened a montage of groveling governors lavishing him with praise, in what seemed awfully close to a campaign ad. Opinion | We’re all Zelensky now 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Democrats will accuse Republicans of groveling to Wall Street and business interests while Republicans will accuse Democrats of groveling to unions and wanting to pick winners and losers. Perspective | Let the bailouts begin 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z The scandals caused a flurry of resignations by luxury brand ambassadors in China and groveling corporate apologies. In Russia, an Apple app shows an annexed Crimea. In Ukraine, a tweetstorm of anguish. 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Corporate groveling might abate when chief executives understand China’s overrated present and precarious future. Opinion | If China’s demography will determine it’s future, we have nothing to worry about 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The NBA’s strategy in China of groveling apology followed by concerted silence is not just gutless or calculating. Perspective | China is getting exactly what it wants from LeBron James and the NBA: Capitulation 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z A Versace statement this year was even more groveling. Perspective | How China gets American companies to parrot its propaganda 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The tone of pleading and groveling by Zelensky in his conversation with Trump in July is palpable. Donald Trump was impeachable the day he took office: Two and a half years later, we're finally there 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Second, I would never feed her from the table or allow groveling in its vicinity. Opinion | Dogs Will Fix Our Broken Democracy 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Despite Pence’s appearance of groveling loyalty, Trump might want to bring the vice presidency into the family. President Ivanka? Don't laugh: Mike Pence should sleep with one eye open 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Instead, there was a groveling apology, feeble reference to students’ First Amendment rights and the promise to reinforce “with our art teachers the need to foster a responsive, caring, and inclusive culture.” Opinion | A high schooler’s controversial artwork should have been celebrated, not censured 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z When congressional Republicans grovel their way through a day of televised hearings, they aren’t groveling to Trump. Opinion | Where does America find such sad excuses for elected leaders? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The tax breaks offered from various cities made news themselves, as cities were fundamentally groveling to win Amazon’s heart. Activist defeat of Amazon is a win for democracy over technocracy 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z In his Jan. 25 op-ed, “A tech bridge from the Pentagon to Silicon Valley,” David Ignatius described how the Defense Department, abetted by elite academicians, is groveling before the social-justice warriors of Silicon Valley. Opinion | All software is not created equal 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z He just dangled it as bait to get his former critic to humiliate himself by groveling before his new orange master. Mitt Romney is not going to save us: Time to get over Republican Dad 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Bloomberg, who went from Republican to independent during his three terms as New York mayor, then officially registered as a Democrat two months ago, has already begun the groveling. Analysts say party-switching Michael Bloomberg to face same hurdles as Trump 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z They’re groveling to the party activists in their districts who see the world entirely in terms of Us against Them. Opinion | Where does America find such sad excuses for elected leaders? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z What a beautiful image, encouraging people to aim for the heavens instead of groveling in the shadows, inspiring people to leave a mark that lights up the darkness. Opinion | We mourn George H.W. Bush, and the presidency’s loss of dignity 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s not clear how anything could go lower, but it’s still good to know that Trump’s form of American nationalism includes groveling to a foreign prince who murders journalists working for an American newspaper. Let's give thanks to Trump – at least now we know how not to do politics | Richard Wolffe 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z They should consult me — in my inner cable news channel, my speechwriting always works, and almost always inspires a standing ovation, groveling apology, or both. The Case Against Running With Headphones 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z And then Wednesday, after months of mysterious absence, China’s top female movie star Fan Bingbing was suddenly back, issuing a groveling apology for massive tax fraud. After vanishing for months, China's top star resurfaces with an apology - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The next day, Tesla’s lawyers were back at the S.E.C., all but groveling for a second chance — this time with Mr. Musk’s grudging approval. Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Tesla: Fight the S.E.C., or I Quit 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Critics, who wanted a groveling apology, not a grudging concession to public taste, are unappeased. Opinion | Why the New Yorker’s concerns about normalizing Steve Bannon miss the point 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Days later, Marriott issued a groveling mea culpa for sending a Web survey that included Tibet and Taiwan as sovereign states. Taiwan contemplates retaliating against airlines that refer to it as part of China 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z “Are white people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live underground like groveling goblins?” opined Sarah Jeong before The New York Times snapped her up. As The Press Turns: Democracy dies in dimwittedness 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Another read “are white people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live underground like groveling goblins”. New York Times racism row: how Twitter comes back to haunt you 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The tweet triggered a wave of backlash from liberals, prompting Mr. Duplass to delete the tweet and issue a groveling apology for not being more “diligent and careful.” Mark Duplass, ‘Mindy Project’ star, apologizes for tweet endorsing Ben Shapiro 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The Washington Post’s George Will wrote a column last week characterizing Pence as a “groveling” joke. Trump takes steps to remind Pence who's boss 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Because his is the authentic voice of today’s lickspittle Republican Party, he clarifies this year’s elections: Vote Republican to ratify groveling as governing. Opinion | Trump is no longer the worst person in government 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z He failed to maintain basic integrity even in his famous, supposedly principled opposition to Donald Trump, groveling before the president elect when summoned for a job interview, as it turned out, for Trump's amusement. Romney Failed to Win at Utah Convention, but Few Believe He’s Doomed 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The Chinese have played their "paper Tiger " theory since the groveling phone calls about One China a year ago. Why China Is Confident It Can Beat Trump in a Trade War 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z I wasted no time switching to groveling mode. True love was something completely foreign to me 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Dryden, for example, called puns, or “clenches”, the “lowest and most groveling kind of wit”. I downloaded all my Facebook data – here’s what I learned 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z I mean, they should know their place, and that places is groveling at the feet of the exalted leader. E.U. Pledges to Fight Back on Trump Tariffs as Trade War Looms 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Instead, he is showing us his usual chameleon-like self and groveling once again to the despicable Trump. Trump’s Republican Critics Find a Sudden Need for His Support 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z I thought the sycophantic display of groveling at his June 2017 televised cabinet meeting was despicable and appalling. F.B.I. Director Wants to Move Forward, but the President Is Making His Job Harder 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z And I also think groveling for money is demeaning and likely corrupts all but the few. Preet Bharara Is Not Running for Office 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Trump would like us all to be dirt poor and groveling outside the pearly gates of Trump Tower. As de Blasio Looks to 2nd Term, He Sees a City Threatened by Trump 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z But in a rather humiliating display, Trump abandoned this posture, and soon after taking office, started groveling towards Beijing. In Beijing, Trump abandons years of tough talk towards China 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z That means it’s harder than even the groveling of recruiting, the unbearable study of practice film or the forced cordiality in the company of boosters who offer play-calling suggestions. Georgia football is No. 1 over Alabama, and they’re talking like the Tide, too 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Then, just six months later, an even more disturbing set of obsequious displays were presented, again by his cabinet led by the groveling and toadish Mike Pence, then by McConnell, Hatch and Ryan. F.B.I. Director Wants to Move Forward, but the President Is Making His Job Harder 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z “I feel like I am groveling. It is demeaning,” he said. Gay Parents Become Activists in Australian Marriage Debate 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Two weeks into his presidency, Trump, in a rather pathetic display of groveling, Trump reversed course, declaring his support the “One-China” policy – publicly and in writing – in exchange for nothing. Donald Trump loves to bluff, despite being bad at it 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z But we're not above groveling for a free imprinted "Try Not to Suck" hat or t-shirt, either. Joe Maddon might have the greatest named tournament in golf - Golf Digest 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Taken all together — combined with the cameras in the room — the accolades were called “groveling,” “exquisitely awkward,” and drew comparisons to King Lear. Analysis | Why a Cabinet of kiss-ups is a big problem for Trump 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z While Trump seems to exalt in groveling, Cohn just needed to be loved. Where Trump Learned To Love Ritualized Flattery 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Instead of groveling for someone to build an arena, and possibly bring back the Seattle Sonics, Seattle gets to choose between three legitimate consortiums vying to build a landmark sports facility. Negotiate wisely for best possible KeyArena redo 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z More than ever the FBI needs a strong and stabilizing hand, which means somebody who has not spent most of his or her career pandering for votes, groveling for cash or putting party over principle. Opinion | Preet Bharara: Are there still public servants who will say no to the president? 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z The way Republicans gloat about the new president is disgusting — it’s the lowest form of groveling I’ve ever seen. WATCH: 5 reasons Maxine Waters should be our next president 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z What’s left of the conservative intelligentsia is either whimpering in the corner alongside New York Times columnist David Brooks or groveling before its new overlords and swearing eternal fealty. From Edmund Burke to Mr. Burns: In the age of Trump, conservative thought has died at last 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z They are accustomed to being begged for bouts and they revel in the public groveling from prospective opponents needing their names for a lucrative payout. Desperate McGregor remains a pawn in Mayweather's promotional game 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z When David Muir of ABC News pointed this out to Trump in an interview on Wednesday, the president claimed the author of the Pew study was now “groveling,” whatever that means. Opinion | We ignore Trump at our peril 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s an acquiescent deal that would leave fiscal conservatives groveling at the feet of the big spenders who got us in this mess in the first place. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z It does not include the groveling at the hem of divisional opponent’s trousers. I’m a Redskins fan, but I refuse to root for the Cowboys 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Until that happens, this sadly groveling Boy Scout will be lost in the woods. Paul Ryan’s dangerous silence 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z This may not have been the public apology that Trump’s ardent loyalists have demanded, but Romney’s groveling no doubt pleased the president-elect. Trump’s takeover of the GOP is now complete 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The TV news people had foolishly agreed that the session was “off the record,” leaving Trump and his aides free to characterize the media representatives as groveling while Trump berated them as liars. Journalists shouldn’t try to win a popularity contest with Trump 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z So I started imitating somebody — I didn’t speak to the guy — somebody that was groveling. Donald Trump’s revisionist history of mocking a disabled reporter 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Trump said he was depicting the reporter groveling to him. Trump to Clinton: 'No more Mr. Nice Guy' 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z This is what a grown man groveling for attention – and a job – looks like. The sad incurious case of Mike Pence: Why he’s a perfect fit for Donald Trump 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Yes, the free-agent groveling — part of the off-season marketing — can be tough to stomach. Kevin Durant’s Move to Warriors Reflects Trend in Team-Building 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Nevada Democratic Party spokesman Stewart Boss said Tarkanian was groveling to dark money special interests. New super PAC foreshadows big spending in Nevada House race 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z And I said he’s groveling, he said, ‘no, no, the article, I was wrong on the article.’ Donald Trump’s revisionist history of mocking a disabled reporter 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Trump called the ad “false” on Twitter and said he was imitating the reporter “groveling,” not his disability. Stark divide between Clinton, Trump seen in Orlando attack responses 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s not simply that he’s pathetically groveling for forgiveness from an ethnic group he’s opportunistically maligned in order to stoke the passions of the Republican base. Donald Trump's taco bowl: what the hell is he eating – and is that his ex-wife? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z This groveling at the feet of the most crooked and wealthy preachers is an ugly American tradition that only highlights our national dysfunction. America is overdosing on religion: How the presidential election got taken over by theocrats and zealots 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z That is so stupid on so many levels; you're just groveling for coins from your box wine tycoon. The Daily 202: Why Republicans may ram Merrick Garland through during the lame-duck session 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z At the time I did the act, I did the whole thing with groveling. Donald Trump’s revisionist history of mocking a disabled reporter 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z This lame attempt at, whatever it was a lame attempt at, is as inconsequential and transparent as all the other groveling you do far elitism instead of freedom. Smackdown Tuesday? Bring It On. 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z And Brown gives typical R&B; groveling a fresh spin on “Proof,” thanks, in large part, to help from “Trap Soul” singer Bryson Tiller, who co-wrote the track. Music Review: Chris Brown is multi-dimensional on ‘Royalty’ 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Perhaps he thinks such groveling will allow him to salvage his position. The Rise of the College Crybullies 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The Argus’s editors published a groveling apology on the paper’s front page. Free speech is flunking out on college campuses 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Like almost everyone else in America, I was once a waiter — and a busboy, and a short-order cook and a dishwasher — and I never felt I was groveling for tips. In defense of tipping 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z You start with your thought, then you figure out how to say it as though you were offering a groveling apology for an unspecified error. Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting. 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z I replied to that one two minutes later, groveling, and ending with words of love. Sure, I could exercise common sense when I email people. But unsend is easier | Heather Barmore 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z And they have shown little shame in groveling. Forget voters: Presidential rivals battle to win over billionaires 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Yes, the one progressive thing about an otherwise trashy show — a woman taking charge, choosing between men groveling for her attention — was immediately inverted to give power back to the men. ABC completely misses the point, invites Amy Schumer to be The Bachelorette 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The days of obsequiousness, fawning and groveling are over. No more disrespecting the District 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z If there’s one thing the Republican field’s disgusting groveling for cash should show us once and for all, it’s how much money it takes to buy a nomination. Marco Rubio is for sale: The GOP’s epic money-groveling campaign has officially begun 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Well, it’s certainly nothing petty, like homelessness, or the fact that every single person we elect to public office is a manipulative, groveling, poll-obsessed liar. Jim Norton: Trever Noah Isn't the Problem. You Are. 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Both are simply style choices, and one isn’t groveling at the feet of feminists, while the other is spitting in their face. Mortal Kombat X, Dead or Alive, And The Most Ridiculous Debate In Gaming 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z But rather than courteous condolences, Western leaders have queued up to eulogize the late King with groveling and outright mendacious statements that border on Orwellian doublespeak. After King Abdullah's Death, Western Leaders Sing False Praises 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z By Saturday, the veep was on his knees groveling for forgiveness. CURL: Bipolar Joe Biden: Please, please run in 2016! 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Cyclists who did not manage to secure tickets to Farm-to-Fork this year “were begging and groveling to get in,” he added. In a Culinary Event on the Road, It’s Bike to Farm to Tent to Food 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The offending material was quickly pulled off from the paper’s website and the editors wrote a groveling, ritualistic apology, promising to report “on these issues in a more serious manner in the future.” Welcome to College—Now Stop Thinking 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Even those of us who didn’t encourage the groveling are at best complicit because we watched the vultures circle instead of making some sort of effort to shoo them away. It's Time for Celebrities To Apologize—For All Their Apologizing 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Columnists accused Indian Prime Minister of groveling in US feet. Quora Question: Has the Obama Administration Destroyed The Relationship With India? The company lost four weeks of engineering efforts, and there was more internal political groveling then I care to admit. SungardASVoice: Wild Cowboy IT Stories From The Facepalm Frontier 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z He’s also irreconcilably and non-consensually linking her with his musical success, turning groveling into paychecks. Robin Thicke's 'Get Her Back': A Lesson in How Not to Win Back Your Ex 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Seek the right balance of humble, lighthearted and groveling. If a Reference Can’t Accentuate the Positive 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Jobs forwarded Schmidt’s groveling e-mail to an Apple subordinate. Tech Hubris: The Silicon Valley Antitrust Hiring Case 2014-05-01T09:42:48Z It’s taxing and embarrassing— shouting your title from the rooftops of social media, groveling for favors, trying desperately to be heard. Is It Solipsistic in Here, or Is It Just Me? 2014-03-12T17:22:25Z Harris had to sound confident without sounding arrogant; he had to exude gratitude without groveling. For James Harris, a Dream Fulfilled 2013-08-28T02:43:55Z That makes it vital for Putin to keep his horns locked with Washington, and there is no prettier way to do that than to rebuff the requests of one groveling Western delegation after another. Standing Tough on Syria Helps Putin at Home 2013-06-11T08:05:28Z Basically the only thing he’s not raging against is the privileged elite he’s groveling in front of for campaign contributions. Rage Against the Machine takes on Ryan 2012-08-17T16:42:00Z G4S chief executive Nick Buckles made a groveling apology as he was questioned by angry British lawmakers but suggested in the report that sorry wasn't enough. Lawmakers slam Olympic planners after G4S debacle 2012-07-18T22:03:08Z G4S chief executive Nick Buckles made a groveling apology as he was questioned by angry British lawmakers. G4S hurts its future with Olympic contract debacle 2012-07-17T19:53:20Z Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z And I believe the medical profession has thousands of just such men, men whose instincts are for nobility of character and whose moral ideals are high, but whose business standards are groveling. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z All the sneaking instincts; all the groveling, crawling instincts unite and blend in this one crime called perjury. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z For these low and groveling thoughts, for this contradiction of the word and vicar of God, this man was imprisoned for many years. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z By associating with Socrates and Plato one would not necessarily become a groveling wretch. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Without that they fall, and groveling die in weeds and dust. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z In place of the groveling worm the preachers make you out to be, you're Kipling's 'gentleman unafraid,' taking a gentlemanly gamble with a mythical creator. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z She wanted to kiss his hand, but he hurried from the woman and left her groveling behind him.... The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z He dressed mechanically, his memory groping through the mists of the preceding night, mists that reeked with misery, with shameful groveling, with manhood profaned. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z You almost feel sorry for the poor wretch as he whimpered and wrote groveling letters to his soon-to-be widow. Catherine the Great Rides to Glory in Bio: Manuela Hoelterhoff 2011-12-01T02:19:01Z It is heard groveling and growling among the bass instruments, like some disturbed animal. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z The groveling Bill now managed to reach out 152 a hand, planning to catch Eleanor by the ankle and trip her. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Miss Ellis! you will not assemble the servants to see me groveling upon the earth?' The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z How long is it since thou wert as one of them, kicked and cuffed, and groveling drunk in the gutter? Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z Having been subjected to hurtful and unreasonable endings of relationships, however, I had no intention of placing my pride in jeopardy through a display of groveling affection or stifling promises. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z He groveled before her, until she began to be faintly contemptuous, in her heart, at his groveling. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z They ascend till they outstrip the other trees, and seemed determined to get above swamp, miasma and everything else of a groveling nature. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z And what was she doing, groveling there among the rocks? Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z A reward given to infidels and atheists by a somewhat humorous God, for not groveling before Him and annoying Him with importunities. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z So anon he thrust Sir Brewnor groveling to the earth, and then unlaced his helm and struck off his head. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z It was yelling lustily, leaping into the air, rolling and groveling on the ground alternately. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z It gave her quite a shock, this return of the persistent hunter, whom she had left, groveling and stunned, at the foot of a disordered table. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z We requote as follows:— “The nobler tendency of culture, and above all of scientific culture, is to honor the dead without groveling before them—to profit by the past without sacrificing it to the present.” Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Rousseau’s whole life was a series of self-indulgences, groveling, sometimes, beyond what is conceivable to any one not learning of it all in detail from the man’s own pen. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The Flatbush curse seemed to be for utter failure in Los Angeles, followed by ignominious groveling to return abjectly to Brooklyn. Sports of The Times: A Cosmic Comeuppance for the Dodgers 2011-04-29T01:39:54Z You're sentencing yourself to a life of low margins and groveling for work. 3 Tips for Building a Valuable Company 2011-04-28T15:30:00Z The soul of man is progressive; it is ambitious to go onward and upward; fetter these propensities, press them down, and the whole being becomes groveling, its aspirations dwarfed or twisted in the process. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z “The nobler tendency of culture—and, above all, of scientific culture—is to honor the dead without groveling before them; to profit by the past without sacrificing it to the present.” Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z This might have pointed out to him how groveling it is never to rise above the mere grubbing for money. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z The two knights clashed together on the bridge and Gareth brought the Evening-star groveling in a minute to his feet on his knees. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z What! shall this groveling race, who cringe for gold, Make laws for Southern men, on Southern soil? Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Why does he not rise from his groveling sphere in this small island, which floats in the ocean of space, as a small black speck, amid the numberless shining orbs? Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z While pleading as one would plead for life, the vision of her mind was opened, and, as darkness flees before the morning sun, so did her sorrow and the groveling things of earth vanish away. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z “It’s the ghost! the black ghost!” quavered May Winslow, groveling in the very depths of superstition. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z Ah, I would see Him groveling on the earth as Haman passed. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z "People that are turned out of doors and called 'thief' and threatened with whips ain't likely to come groveling around." '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z We are a forgiving people, but only after the requisite period of groveling. Celizic: Tiger hitting every green in apology tour 2010-03-22T02:14:00Z Religion was the enchanted ground whereon that strong will was paralyzed, and that keen intellect fell groveling in the dust. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 In fact, his manner and language are almost as low and groveling as those of that eminent adept in the stile basso e andante, Laicus of the Times. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion With a curse of anguish he flung himself down upon the floor, and lay groveling with his face in the dust. The Mystery of Evelin Delorme A Hypnotic Story There was a high contempt in this which was for Owen quite as much, and in the light of which Fleda felt that her effort at plausibility had been mere groveling. The Spoils of Poynton The vital spark came from her God through love and her, and she would not hamper it by any earthly clogs of groveling inheritance. The Day of His Youth With a snarl he silenced the dog and sent him groveling to heel. Under Boy Scout Colors When men are shabby, mean, and grasping, they feel reproached for their groveling lives by the unearthliness of nature's beautiful objects, and they hate flowers and sunsets, mountains and the quiet stars of heaven. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making He skidded up to the groveling Villa, yanked him to his feet and shoved him out of range of the injured beast. The Enormous Room This is why we set art above groveling science. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 They accuse me of having despised and enslaved them; their own groveling spirit and thirst for gold and distinction brought them to my feet. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 Far beyond, from a groveling group of foot-hills, a solitary, giant peak soared grandly, standing aloof, serene, terrible in its proportions. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Speaking pleasantly, with long pauses between sentences, he kept his friendly gaze on the groveling Wert. The Reluctant Weapon The base and groveling superstitions and credulity of the natives of Ceylon are simply disgusting. The Pearl of India The saint will not be the groveling sinner, but the man of mellow wisdom. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance But unbending is a different thing to groveling, perhaps?” Cynthia's Chauffeur These heavenly souls, whose whole machinations revolved about earthly objects and the successes of this groveling planet! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 His knees buckled and he sank, groveling, on the floor. Satan and the Comrades The evil powers are then propitiated; sometimes in a manner savouring of dignity, sometimes with groveling and grotesque cowardice. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies Mn.E. headlong, darkling, and groveling, originally adverbs, we have survivals of these endings. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary This is a puny and groveling ambition, beneath the lofty amplitude of Mr. Coleridge’s mind. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature And the servile, weakling, groveling, charitable, cowardly philosophy of Christ–it doesn’t fool me, Henry. In the Heart of a Fool Saul Chadron pitched forward, his hands clutching, his arms outspread, and fell dead, his face groveling upon the floor. The Rustler of Wind River A sentiment akin to awe stole over him, as if he were standing in the presence of a great mystery––a mystery so transcendental that the groveling minds of mortals have never apprehended it. Carmen Ariza The “alder men” fell groveling at the feet of the Lamb. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century You poor, blind, groveling beast, you, what a poor excuse for life you have, and what a tawdry substitute you would offer Claire for the vast joy that is hers! Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author It is too abjectly selfish and groveling to command the least respect from a noble character or a great, tender soul. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures "Forgive, oh Hero!" cried the groveling courier, his long red hair sweeping the marble floor. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Of the videos that would no doubt come out, of me weeping, reduced to a groveling animal. Little Brother The groveling crone at her feet affected her like something unclean, and she spurned the old woman with her foot, stepping aside with a gesture of disgust. The Pirate Woman He turned away from the groveling Cain and the chattering Drilgoes, who, inspired by Cain's example, now seemed animated by the same instinct to obey him, and went into the cave. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 How groveling must be the ignorance which can be thus blinded! Aztec Land He grabbed the groveling butcher and hoisted him from his wallow. Louisiana Lou A Western Story They broke and ran back toward the trees, leaving three figures groveling in the sand. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards No one, unless very groveling and earthy, could be long under his training, without insensibly catching something of the finer spirit of a beautiful discipline. The History of Dartmouth College Then she fell to the floor, groveling at his feet. Rose O'Paradise Humanity so weak, so lacking in appreciation of his possibilities, so groveling when he should soar, has been endowed with powers that give him control over the destiny of the race. What a Young Woman Ought to Know The Separatists are similarly cudgeled: they are "groveling in beggarly elements, imitations, and shadows of heavenly things." William Penn Whether they spend their means for good or for evil, they are at least free from the groveling sin of stinginess. The Land of Thor We shall often have occasion, in these notes, to see how low poor humanity in its blindness can descend, groveling after strange gods. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months I was thrust into prison, and doubly bound to the groveling discomforts of earth, while she was released from the prison-house of clay, and received, I believe into the joyous, freedom of Heaven. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier Here Ben scrambled to his feet, his broad, good-humored face crimson from groveling. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 At every step she had to purchase silence by groveling humility. Germinie Lacerteux As the chieftain’s last words die away the men of “med’cine” rise from their groveling attitude and a fresh dance begins. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies These groveling worms of the earth are nominally Buddhists, but are forbidden to enter a temple. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan The entire ceremonial of Indian worship has for its groundwork the basest and most groveling superstition. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography At this minute, if she’d let me be the groveling little earthworm I am by nature, I could marry Tom Beckett and be as happy as the day is long.” Ladies-In-Waiting Gasping, dying a thousand deaths, he lay there groveling in the dust. Omega, the Man Indeed, to see this once proud and selfish man fairly groveling before the daughter of the man he had helped injure in the old times, was not a pleasant sight. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City He is a pitiful, truculent, groveling coward, ready to buy profit at any price. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Demons acknowledge the deity of Christ, and tremble before His power, while men are supplicating for mercy, and groveling in abject terror. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan So you're not groveling back to your wife, wounded and wanting her tender mercies. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais Allah! and groveling on the floor, and the bats were flying around in the faces of the tourists, and everybody was simply scared out of their boots. Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 More than one who had eaten too many green apples and lay groveling under the tree, drawn in a knot with pain, screamed in his misery for Noah. Blue Ridge Country The cowering that come upon him when he was spurned by all eyes, added to his being beneath contempt, was sufficient punishment for a cove so groveling. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 But the groveling figure in the brushpile lay for a long time where it was, only stirring a little while the rain dripped steadily down on everything. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights To sleep groveling on the belly, is bad; on the back upright, is worse. Early English Meals and Manners He had many "thinks" for the punishing of Big Tom, each of them ending in the desertion of that gentleman, who was always left helplessly groveling and pleading while Johnnie made a joyous, triumphant departure. The Rich Little Poor Boy If in that moment she appeared a groveling thing, it was only for a moment. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Exalted far above thy groveling State, The Object of his Pity, not his Hate. Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast On the other side he is tied by this body of clay to the groveling earth. Jewel Weed Joel told stories till Celia tired of a passive rôle and entertained him with some of those flights of fancy compared with which the most audacious attempts of the adult imagination seem tame and groveling. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale He is the ruling Russian, and we are the groveling skates; he is the constitution, and he's the United States. Rippling Rhymes They had not the low and groveling spirit which usually incites mobs. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time There was nothing earnest, enthusiastic, heroic, in his nature, and as little that was mean, groveling, or ignoble. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside At first directing effort and thought along material lines, ultimately the ideals become groveling. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View A kick would send him groveling to earth. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear We found him groveling on the floor of the little passage that led from the dining-room to the serving room. The Four Pools Mystery There were a surprising number of human servants, groveling and fawning and getting underfoot and doing work robots could have been doing better. Space Viking Samuel Drew said, "Locke's 'Essay on the Understanding' awakened me from stupor, and induced me to form a resolution to abandon the groveling views I had been accustomed to maintain." How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Head Waiters paid him the most groveling Attentions and bright eyes grew brighter yet when he suggested pulling a little Supper, with a $400 Souvenir at each Plate. Ade's Fables Wretched figure that he was!—what more wretched, more pitiable than a man groveling and moaning in the mire of his own self-contempt? The Plum Tree I want to see you on your knees for once and groveling for a handful of sovereigns. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories "Have you not" she asks him, "heard the confession of women simply to foster or gratify the groveling passions of your fallen nature and corrupt heart?" The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional “The ladders are thrown down,” replied Rebecca, shuddering; “the soldiers lie groveling under them like crushed reptiles; the besieged have the better.” The Literary World Seventh Reader And there, like a groveling serpent in the ooze, there lies Caliban, abject in fear, with not a ray of love. A Hero and Some Other Folks The idea of me—Wellington Bunn—who has played in Shakespearean dramas, groveling on the floor and turning somersaults! The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas The Germans kept their line of fire about waist-high so they would not kill their own men, some of whom they could see groveling on the ground. Sergeant York And His People As he sped to its rescue he had an impression of the umbrella, handle up, filling with water like a large black bowl and Susan groveling in the ashes for her biscuits. The Emigrant Trail It is the new Negro, the latter day product, who knows nothing but freedom, freedom modified by native propensities, idleness and a groveling disposition, that is causing the trouble. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Through its own groveling abjections, however, it long ago sunk to an autocracy with the Speaker in the rôle of autocrat. The President A novel But then one groveling thought strait pulls me down, And throws me at a distance from The Crown. Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden The groveling figure suddenly erected itself with a defiant gesture. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland He put his hands before his eyes, stumbled blindly and fell down, groveling in the yellow sand of the ore floor, as that one of old whom the possessing devils tore and rended. The Quickening But what a groveling thought to bring our exalted natures and capacities for happiness down to a level with theirs! Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation Barbarous and uncivilized nations have uniformly adored, under various names, a God of which themselves were the model: revengeful, blood-thirsty, groveling and capricious. Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer "The ladders are thrown down," replied Rebecca, shuddering; "the soldiers lie groveling under them like crushed reptiles; the besieged have the better." McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader The soldiers that bore her were tramping over a Damascene carpet, and between long lines of groveling attendants, through an atmosphere of overwhelming perfume. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The sight of their long chimneys and of the human beings groveling at the bottom of them for their daily bread gives me a heartache. The Measure of a Man Or I'll confine thee deep in the red sea, groveling on the sands, Ten thousand billows rolling o'er thy head. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 I must disclaim whate'er he can express; His groveling sense will show my passion less: But stay,—if what he said my message be, What fear, what danger, could arrive from me? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 He fell groveling upon the floor and crawled to Mic-co's feet. Diane of the Green Van That feeling is a testimony to their depravity and groveling tendencies. Among the Forces Everybody was in love with her—down on their knees groveling, you couldn't help it. The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) Dust we are and to dust return, groveling meanwhile as best we may, amid the wreck of our illusions. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment Other scenes, not of bloodshed, but of groveling sensuality, devised for the entertainment of his father and his sister, though described by the dry pen of Burchard, can scarcely be transferred to these pages. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Then Jason sprang upon the nearest, and seized him by the horns, and up and down they wrestled, till the bull fell groveling on his knees. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) They make thy freedom, groveling, not thy thrall. Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration Of no avail will be thy sounding lyre, thy beauteous face and curling hair, or all the gifts of golden Venus, when thou liest groveling in the dust.” The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) How I admire such generous sprightly Virtue, your Reasoning, Madam, darts amazing brightness, 'where groveling Souls want courage to think freely, ay, Liberty's the Source of all Enjoyments, a nourishing Delight, innate and durable. The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) The child has no incentive to a virtuous and a noble life, and sinks down to the groveling drudgery of money-making. The Christian Home It is noble and lofty, not abject, servile and groveling; it communes with God, with holiness, with Heaven, with eternity and infinity. The Jericho Road Is he, perchance, groveling in the gutter, because I cast him off—had no thought or care for him—" "Now, look here—" "Listen. Story of Chester Lawrence I have used it to prove that "Dodd" Weaver did not spring from groveling to grace without some set-backs, I have done obeisance to logic. The Evolution of Dodd As an exhibit of the groveling pusillanimity of the human soul, the roccolo of northern Italy reveals minus qualities which can not be expressed either in words or in figures. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation As for Ester, who had spent her years groveling in the dust of earth, it was the recital of such an experience as she had not deemed it possible for humanity to reach. Ester Ried Let it never be forgotten that there is nothing groveling in Odd-Fellowship. The Jericho Road We look up above and beyond all these petty groveling things and shake hands and forget the past. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Antonyms: inability, incapability. abject, a. degraded, groveling, servile, ignoble, contemptible base. Putnam's Word Book Personally, he was a groveling debauchee, exhausted alike in mind and in body to sheer imbecility; and his courtiers and counselors were little better than himself. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 He was a person of a low, groveling mind, and no sooner was he established on his throne than he began to give signs that the scepter was in the hands of a profligate tyrant. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon He gat his sword into his hand, and struck at his helm with such a stroke that it drave it down on his head, and he being stunned, fell groveling. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 "Too late—too late," he moaned, groveling weakly, as if struggling for breath. The Courage of Captain Plum I was never so near groveling on the face of the earth as then; let me but fall, and I was sure that I never should rise. The Morgesons Vick comes out to meet us in a crawling, groveling manner, which owes its birth to the shame caused in her mind by the huge favor which my maid has tied round her little neck. Nancy "But not from the curse of a groveling, envious, unprincipled horde of office-seekers," said Azariah, casting a withering glance on the two brothers. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon Out there, in the thick shadows beyond the fire, a body was groveling and kicking in death agonies. The Wolf Hunters A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness A rational mind may be, and often is, so narrow and groveling as not to aim at any higher good, to understand its nature or to believe its existence. The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason "From libel, come libeled, libeler, libeling, libelous; from grovel, groveled, groveler, groveling; from gravel, graveled and graveling." The Grammar of English Grammars He paid no heed to temporary groveling when weighed against subsequent power, and he cringed as before superiors to those men whom he was planning to dominate. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). And go he did, groveling in his misery. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories The thought of acknowledging her fault was not repugnant to her; she had no special objection to groveling, but she knew it would do no good. The Happiest Time of Their Lives This groveling wretch, forcing the words through his dry lips, was the thief who had made another of my father and had brought to miserable ends the lives of both my parents! Martin Hewitt, Investigator Its effects may be seen in our down-cast, discouraged, and groveling countrymen, if no where else. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West Gentlemen, it will be conceded that the progress of civilization, all that lifts humanity above a groveling, sensual, depraved state, is marked by the position, intelligence, and culture of women. Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887 This is a puny and groveling ambition, beneath the lofty amplitude of Mr. Coleridge's mind. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits The keen-eyed, desperate man before him was a different being altogether from the groveling wretch who had begged so piteously for life a few minutes before. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays But since several Thoughts may be natural which are low and groveling, an Epic Poet should not only avoid such Sentiments as are unnatural or affected, but also such as are mean9 and vulgar. The Spectator, Volume 2. They blocked the way; they seized him, and though he fell, groveling upon his knees before them, begging for his life, they bound him and hurled him to the floor of the inner temple. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar That country was groveling under the heel of one of the most hideous systems that the baseness of man ever conceived. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch Then I saw the black scoundrel go upon his knees beside her, fairly groveling in the dirt, pleading with her. Warlord of Mars The new ardor which burns in his breast consumes in its glow the lower "noes" which formerly beset him, and keeps him immune against infection from the entire groveling portion of his nature. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Women are conventional as a business; but with men conventionality is a groveling superstition. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise And since I'd hardly had a bite to eat that day, I was groveling in hunger—and hunger and sleep don't exactly make good bedfellows. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself An assiduous and groveling snob, yet so militantly democratic that, unless his interest compelled, he would not employ any member of the "best families" in any important capacity. The Grain of Dust "The file scavenger has been groveling through the file directories for 10 minutes now." The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 The cultivator of this science has to become acquainted with so many groveling and horrible superstitions that a presumption easily arises in his mind that any belief that is religious probably is false. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Because thou hast done this, thou art accursed Above all cattle, each beast of the field; Upon thy belly groveling thou shalt go, And dust shalt eat all the days of thy life. Paradise Lost Adj. servile, obsequious; supple,supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed; beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical; abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones; base, mean, sneaking; crouching &c. v. Roget's Thesaurus An instant later he leaped at her, as she lay groveling at his feet. The Jungle Staring in a curious way at the cook, who was fairly groveling on the earth, Blodgett spoke up in a strangely listless voice. The Mutineers For me the Liberal party is mostly Dagon—either made a god of by Philistines, or groveling before a stronger God—Mammon. The Coryston Family A Novel But the story of Joan offers no suggestion of guilt in any sense whatever,—she was the innocent victim of groveling superstition playing into the hands of insane political hate. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Then a cry Of agony that pierced me to the heart, As groveling on the ground he turned away And hid his face, and shuddered in his robes. A Roman Lawyer in Jerusalem : First Century Within its circle she held crouds of degenerate shepherds, groveling through the omnipotence of her incantations in every brutal form. Imogen A Pastoral Romance Is your husband such a precious bargain that you should be groveling there, lamenting and groaning for him? Lady Audley's Secret Before him the subject prostrates himself with groveling servility. Outline of Universal History Wagner leapt forward from his groveling position and grabbed for it as it fell, reaching out with all his strength. The Revolutions of Time The soul too, varying with the change of clime, Feeble or fierce, or groveling or sublime, Forms with the body to a kindred plan, And lives the same, a nation or a man. The Columbiad Thus speaking, Edmund boldly approached the groveling row, and pushed with his foot the furry body of the one he had shot. A Columbus of Space "Oh, no, no, no!" she cried, flinging herself at his feet and groveling there. The Pagans It betrayed him into visionary speculations, which subjected him to the sneers and cavilings of men of cooler and safer but more groveling minds. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) The two political parties had fallen to the lowest depths of groveling to vote getting by nominating the smallest men ever named for Presidential honors. The Man in Gray The doctrine of eternal torment today has become absurd, low, groveling, ignorant, barbaric, savage, devilish and no gentleman would preach it. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest He was a mixture of cunning and thick-headedness, insolent or groveling as circumstances demanded. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House He stuttered so horribly that the boys would have had to laugh if it had not been for the tragedy of the wretched creature groveling in such abasement. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize All this fright and groveling and treachery for plunder, the loss of which would not impair his fortune—plunder he had stolen with many a jest and gibe at his helpless victims. The Deluge My poor little naked, pitiful, beaten soul!—groveling, and begging, too! The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow He figured that it would send Amos groveling to his knees, begging for mercy. Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) The first, of those who go on foot; the second, of those who ride; and the third, of those who creep groveling with their faces on the ground. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) I wish to see him groveling at my feet, or I will perish in the attempt to bring him there. The Resources of Quinola And my own daughter groveling on her knees with the worst! The Leatherwood God His garments were of a very ordinary kind, though just now exceedingly ill kept, from groveling in the dirt, and sleeping night and day without taking them off. The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island The moon sank from sight, and the poor, shivering, wretched English knight lay groveling on the plain. The Prose Marmion A Tale of the Scottish Border Business and professional men had long been groveling in sycophantic servility at the feet of "the clique." The Centralia Conspiracy It was a moment before he knew that it had been successful, before the film cleared from his eyes and he saw his assailant groveling in the snow. The Danger Trail Adj. servile, obsequious; supple, supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed; beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical; abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones; base, mean, sneaking; crouching &c. v.. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Vile world, that lifts them up to high degree, And treads us down in groveling misery. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Abandon then, ye groveling souls, the fruitless design! Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato When ignoble, servile, slavish, groveling, menial could be used? The Century Vocabulary Builder The interests, of course, were soon groveling at my feet, and, heavy as my demands were, I sometimes wondered like Clive at my own moderation. Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 I do confess, without reserve or wheedle, I view that groveling idea as one Worthy some parish clerk's ambitious son, A charity-boy who longs to be a beadle. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe I am sorry, niece, you force me to use these words, but I cannot bear your groveling temper; you have none of the blood of the Westerns in you. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Borla ignored the prostrate woman groveling before his feet, as he regarded the next one. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs But finally the Unknown smote his foe three mighty blows so that he fell upon the earth groveling. In the Court of King Arthur There was a small empire of groveling imps, each bent on the work of his particular branch. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory He stood by her and said this looking down at her slender, wrung body and lovely groveling head. The Head of the House of Coombe One moment they were in complete mastery of the situation, the next they were groveling in the road, coughing, sneezing, barking, retching, blaspheming poisonously. Flowing Gold But when he actually dared to speak to me, I left him weeping and groveling about, and stopped my ears, so that I might not hear his impertinences, and came to tell you. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Their gaze fell upon the cringing figure over there, now groveling on the floor in the agony of a terror that severed all the restraining bonds that had held his tongue so long. The Rose in the Ring With such a work how can our cause grow less or we go groveling under any foot? Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory She seemed to see herself groveling again on the floor of her bedroom and to feel the darkness and silence through which she had not dared to go to Robin. The Head of the House of Coombe Ram Lal was on the floor at her feet, groveling, before she grimly smiled, as he held out a paper, quickly extracted from his red sash. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story If we came out of those lowly and groveling forms, to what heights of being may we not be carried by the impetus that brought us thus far? Time and Change There was a direful unanimity of opinion that she was groveling in her priceless wedding-gown on the floor of some dark, filthy cellar. Castle Craneycrow They were groveling there in a tangle of legs and arms when "Happy Tom" came down the grade, leading a charge which swept the embankment clean. The Iron Trail But, after perhaps a minute of it, he saw the uselessness of trying to put manhood or pluck into the groveling little Oriental. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Half of the vines that clambered about the portico were dead, and the rest, untrained, twined themselves in wild disorder, or fell groveling to the earth. Ten Nights in a Bar Room Huddled behind a rock which was scarcely larger than his body, groveling in the white, soft sand like a turtle making a nest for its eggs, Carrigan told himself this without any reservation. The Flaming Forest Bowed by the ceiling, seated, kneeling or groveling, they push each other in the desire not to lose their turn or to steal some other's, and they bark like dogs, "My turn!" Under Fire: the story of a squad Why, any groveling beast of the field had more feeling than this wretch whom I had made my wife! Vendetta: a story of one forgotten This struck him as a good beginning—modest, but not groveling. The Intrusion of Jimmy I apologize; I'm down in the dust; I feel like groveling. The Firefly of France Pity the poor groveling hack at the bottom who has not the brain-power either to understand or to control that which his very presence and necessities create. The Titan Men complain, and with reason, of the follies and caprices of our sex, when they do not keenly satirize our headstrong passions and groveling vices. Vindication of the Rights of Woman The spectacle of an entire nation groveling in contentment is an infuriating thing. Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion The cowering form rose up; but, seeing who it was, sank down again, with its face groveling in the dust, and with another prolonged, moaning cry. The Midnight Queen Widow Anne, groveling on the floor, pulled her gray locks into wild confusion, and uttered a cry of mingled rage and grief. The Green Mummy There followed strange, sullen moods on the part of Rita, visits home, groveling repentances on the part of Harold, tears, violent, passionate reunions, and then the same thing over again. The Titan The creature was servile—with almost a groveling servility. The Sleuth of St. James's Square Rickie rebuked his own groveling soul, and turned his eyes away from the night, which had led him to such absurd conclusions. The Longest Journey He was down on the ground again, groveling. T. Tembarom The thief gave one glance at the beautiful, angry face of the man, then fell at his feet, groveling and beseeching. Daphne, an autumn pastoral I loathed myself with a hatred that sent me groveling to my blanket in the pantry, and that kept me, once there, awake through all the early part of the summer night. The After House She always began by saying,— "Oh Lord, Thou knowest that we are all groveling worms of the dust." A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) I am no more lifted now to Heaven, and then plunged in the abyss; but I seem to have been thrown from the top of a precipice, and to lie groveling, stunned, and stupefied. Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion Mr. Henry White, who was present, observed that if this instance had happened in or before Pope's time, he would not have been justified in instancing the swine as the lowest degree of groveling instinct. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood There was a minute of stillness within, and then a groveling noise and struggle. The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories You Austral negro, naked, red, sooty, with protrusive lip, groveling, seeking your food! Leaves of Grass His elevated wish for more and more evidence for spirit, in opposition to the groveling belief of materialism, led him to a love of such mysterious disquisitions. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood |
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