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Six example sentences with grovel, each labelled with its topic.
Envoys were made to grovel at the foot of the dais before the emperor would even accept their gifts.
History
Defeated captains grovel when you approach with the crown equipped, which is the only way to recruit them peacefully.
Gaming
The scene where the butler has to grovel to keep the position is played for comedy, though nobody laughs.
Movies
The clerk in the story must grovel before every customer, and the reader feels the small humiliation of each bow.
Literature
Nobody should have to grovel for a fair wage, the union rep said, when the accounts show record profits.
Business
The backbencher refused to grovel to the party leadership, and lost his committee seat within the month.
Politics
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