obsequious

How To Use obsequious In A Sentence

• Randy is Mr. Lahey's obsequious sidekick, lover and Sunnyvale's assistant trailer park supervisor.
• ‘I've always been by your side, Trist,’ Marvin whined obsequiously.
• The upwardly moral children of the bourgeoisie are obsequiously, uncompromisingly virtuous. Enough About Me. Now, About My Kids...
• Without an exception these hangers-on are a shallow, mean-spirited bunch of bourgeoise no-counts, who mistake philosophical declamation for conversation and obsequiousness for love.
• He's that kind of man: modest and honest and difficult to write about without seeming obsequious. Times, Sunday Times
• It is obsequious for a reason: a correspondent will not be given stories or even asked to briefings if he does not toe the line. Times, Sunday Times
• He cuddled up to his colleagues, begging for approval - he was obsequious, smart, slippery.
• They were obsequious and servile and did not presume to talk to their masters as if they were their equals. The Secret Garden
• And in Congress politics, fulsome flattery and obsequious loyalty play a vital role.
• His caricatures were affectionate but not obsequious representations of the great and the good. Times, Sunday Times