verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I grovelled to my parents and promised I wouldn't do it again.
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If a police officer stops your car, be respectful to him, but don't grovel .
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That dog grovels every time you shout.
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The department is having to grovel for money again.
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There's nothing worse than seeing a man grovel just to keep his job.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But even that failed to satisfy the council and, last week, a grovelling apology had to be broadcast.
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I looked back and saw him grovelling in the road for his hat.
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I will not grovel for interviews.
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If they want any patients, they must grovel before the family practitioners they previously lorded over.
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No longer you have to grovel through the woods each spring in hopes of stumbling across a few of these delectable fungi.
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Not that she would grovel either - devil take it, she'd keep some pride!
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So, what exactly is going on in the pesticide world to reduce me to such grovelling gratitude?
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These are men who lead their daily lives with inflated pomp; they grovel for nothing.