grovel in the PONS Dictionary

grovel Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to grovel (before sb)
раболепнича
to grovel in the dust fig
търкалям се в прахта fig
we shall not grovel to anyone
няма да лазим пред никого

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The "pro-worker" candidates are never held accountable post-election, since this would require challenging them instead of groveling.
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I will not grovel in front of them and belittle myself.
www.bbc.co.uk
They follow him everywhere, they are begging, they are groveling.
thenationonlineng.net
She never had to grovel for an appointment.
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Words like halo, deity, worship elevates the country to a height and then words such as chained, grovelling, lowly dust and wreath bring out the contrast strongly.
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T is the season of apologies - specifically, grovelling apologies by some of our finest academic brains for homophobic remarks they've made in public.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
When it's the big square groveling in the dirt submissively, infants look far longer -- hey, that guy's supposed to win the interaction, he's bigger.
www.salon.com
With regard to it they yet grovel in darkness and will.
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He climed the social ladder through his unscrupulousness and steps down and grovels up.
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There will be no mercy for our sugar-coated, honey-dripping, wheedling, grovelling allies!
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