grovel - use in sentences

Preposition: at

  • end: The water disappears into a grovel at the downslope end, and possibly ( ?

Object

  • tribute: Amid all the groveling, hypocritical tributes paid to her this week, here are some facts to remember.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel.
  • sufficiently: If anyone failed to grovel sufficiently a servant was brought out and nailed to the wall.
  • about: My last glimpses were that of a pitiful human being, groveling about on all fours, vomiting out large volumes of blood.
  • so: He thought of spirits, but the sounds were so groveling and dog like that he was disgusted at the idea.

Preposition: before

  • priest: This in spite of the fact that 95 % of the population no longer grovel before priests.

Preposition: in

  • dust: In the great mountain ranges, let the teeming multitudes grovel in the dust for her.
  • front: It screamed, with a photo of two white men yoked and forced to grovel in front of a black man.

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